chick flick

Definition

A film, typically about romance, which is generally more popular with women than men.

Etymology

From chick (“young woman”) + flick (“movie”), chosen for the rhyme.

Example Sentences

• "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."