ozploitation
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "While a number of Ozploitation films conformed to the 'trashy' aesthetics and marginal audience reception that historically characterizes exploitation cinema, a notable handful display production values considerably higher than those connoted by the term itself, and also experienced significant box office success, both in Australia and, at times, internationally."
- "While the film is rich with moments of explicit sexual threat — most notably the naked photographs and Sparks' attempted rape — the image of Jessica tied to the front of the ute remains one of the most excessive and horrific images of violence against women not only in Australian “Ozploitation” film, but in rape-revenge as a whole."
- "The name was originally explained on the event's website as being inspired by 1974 Ozploitation film, Stone, about motor bike gangs."
Etymology
From Oz (“Australia”) + -sploitation.
Word Breakdown
- Suffix: Oz