chopsocky

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Definition of chopsocky

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noun

(colloquial, derogatory, sometimes, uncountable)A genre of exaggerated martial arts films made primarily in Hong Kong and Taiwan during the 1960s and 1970s.

“Chopsocky actioner with standard fight scenes and atrocious dubbing.”
“The chopsocky films garnered a small following in this country precisely because of their often-ludicrous dubbing and the unrealistically-hard smacking […]”
“[…] bad enough that we settle for the typical chopsocky fare or do we protest and demand more realistic portrayals […]”

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noun

(colloquial, derogatory, sometimes, uncountable)A genre of exaggerated martial arts films made primarily in Hong Kong and Taiwan during the 1960s and 1970s.

“Chopsocky actioner with standard fight scenes and atrocious dubbing.”
“The chopsocky films garnered a small following in this country precisely because of their often-ludicrous dubbing and the unrealistically-hard smacking […]”
“[…] bad enough that we settle for the typical chopsocky fare or do we protest and demand more realistic portrayals […]”
(countable)An individual film of this kind.

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Punningly from chop suey (“stir-fried vegetable dish”), chop (“fighting blow”), and sock (“punch”). Coined by Variety magazine.

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