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chopsocky, a. and n. slang.
Brit. |ˌtʃɒpˈsɒki|, U.S. |ˌtʃɑpˈsɑki|
Forms: 19– chopsockey, 19– chopsocky
[Alteration of chop-suey n., punningly after chop n.1 + sock n.4]
A. adj. Designating or relating to a film that features or is characterized by (numerous) violent action sequences involving martial arts, esp. kung fu.
Originally applied to low-budget, esp. foreign-language films in the genre.
1978Washington Post 10 Feb. (Weekend section) 14/1 Stan Shaw, 25, a second-degree black belt in karate..got to play..a martial arts maestro in a chopsocky melodrama called ‘TNT Jackson’. 1994Face Sept. 87/1 Cooke..cites Bruce Lee films, the chop socky Chinese martial arts movies like Jackie Chan's recent Drunken Master 2 and the hard-boiled action films of John Woo and Beat Takeshi as..recent cultural markers. 1997Y. Tasker in H. Stecopoulos & M. Uebel Race & Subj. of Masculinities iii. 328 Western martial arts stars frequently express the desire to move on from the so-called ‘chop-socky’ action film into more conventional action movies. 2001Village Voice (N.Y.) 27 Nov. 78/6 The legendary Lee socks over a great action job, and if the acting is pretty dismal and the plot full of holes, the chopsocky activity is as good as it gets.
B. n. A violent action film featuring (numerous) sequences involving martial arts, esp. kung fu. Also: the martial arts themselves, as depicted in such films.
1981Associated Press Newswire (Nexis) 31 Mar. The product reflected a heavy emphasis on horror..and action.., plus a modicum of sex (‘The Alternative Miss World’, ‘Private Lessons’) and ‘chopsocky’ (‘Kill and Kill Again’, ‘An Eye for an Eye’). 1994Vibe Aug. 96/1 Forget the schlocky chopsocky of the '70s. A new generation of Hong Kong filmmakers and stars are now churning out the best action movies ever made. 1997Smoke Mag. Spring 101/1 The grindhouses of urban America—faded movie palaces found in districts like New York's 42nd Street..and San Francisco's Market Street—pumped out triple-bills of badly dubbed chopsocky to mobs of bemused kids. |