Meaning of chick flick | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A film, typically about romance, which is generally more popular with women than men.
   colloquial, derogatory, informal
2. A sexually exploitative or pornographic film depicting women, intended for straight men.
   dated, slang
3. Any film depicting young women or teenage girls as the main characters.
   derogatory, slang

Equivalents

Examples

“She went with a couple friends to see a chick flick about some girl dating an astronaut.”

“I was on a flight from New York to Seattle when a long delay on the tarmac prompted the airline to offer us a free movie. As the flight attendant read the choices aloud, a young man across the aisle said, “I don’t watch chick flicks!””

“Films like Russ Meyers’ ‘Beyond the Valley of the Dolls’ (1970) and ‘Twilight People’ (1972) […] Corman’s ‘Black Mama, White Mama’ (1972), another chick-flick set in a slammer in the Philippines.”

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