chopsocky film
- noun
- /ˈtʃɑːpˌsɑːki fɪlm/
- Archaic
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película de artes marciales
- Many fans enjoy the over-the-top action sequences typical of a chopsocky film.
Examples
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The fight choreography in the new chopsocky film was wildly entertaining.
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I love watching chopsocky films on weekends.
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He has a collection of every major chopsocky film released since the 1970s.
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Have you seen that new chopsocky film?
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Many fans enjoy the over-the-top action sequences typical of a chopsocky film.
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The fight choreography in the new chopsocky film was wildly entertaining.
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He has a collection of every major chopsocky film released since the 1970s.
Synonyms
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Comedy that uses clumsy falls and silly chases to make people laugh
Surface Forms
Morphology
chopsocky + film
The element 'chopsocky' is a slang/lexicalized label with opaque or obscure origins and does not transparently decompose into predictable meanings from its apparent parts (e.g., 'chop' + 'sock'). While 'film' simply denotes a movie, the specific sense 'martial arts movie with exaggerated fight scenes' cannot be derived from the constituents by a B1 learner, so the compound is not compositionally transparent.
Etymology
Chopsocky film may come from the words chop and sock, which give a clear image of quick chops and hard hits. One popular story says people used this playful name for low-budget martial arts movies with loud, over-the-top fight scenes, so it now means 'a martial arts film full of exaggerated action'.