MOVIE
NOUNS
► ACTION BEAVER a film featuring full nudity and sexual activity short of intercourse → 1974 US sl.
► ANIMATED PICTURE an early name for a cinematographic picture → 1898 obs.
► BANG-BANG a Western movie; a horse opera → Bk1975 US sl.
► BEAT-‘EM-UP an action film or computer game → 1990 sl.
► BOFFO a very successful or popular movie, stage show, story, or other entertainment → 1950 US sl.
► CANNED MORALE a movie → World War II Amer. sl.
► CHICK FLICK a film that is designed to appeal to a female audience → 1993 US sl.
► CHILLER-DILLER a book, movie, or play, esp. a movie, which fascinates its audience by suspense, mystery, or scenes of fear and horror → 20C Amer. sl.
► CINEPHILIA avid movie going → Bk1991
► CREATURE FEATURE a film or television show featuring fantastical or monstrous creatures → 1965 colloq.
► FLICK a movie → 1950s Amer. sl.
► GALLOPING SNAPSHOTS movie films → 1920s US sl.
► HAIR-RAISER an exciting or terrifying adventure story or film → 20C sl.
► HAYBURNER a Western movie → 1948 Amer. sl.
► HORSE OPERA a cowboy film, esp. if undistinguished; hence, a radio or TV western → 1927 sl.
► KINKY a low-budget film devoted mainly to the depiction of cruelty combined with graphic, esp. unconventional, sexual acts → 1967 Amer. entertainment industry usage
► MOVES, THE a film, a movie → 1910s US sl.
► NUDIE a magazine or a film which features nudity → M20 US sl.
► OATEATER a cowboy movie; a western → 1950s US sl.
► OATER a cowboy movie; a western → 1950s US sl.
► OAT OPERA ► OATS OPERA a Western film → 1930s sl., orig. US
► OLDIE ► OLDY any old thing or person; an old joke, story, song, or movie; an old man → 20C US sl.
► PASH SHOW a film that includes candid sex scenes → 1950s Aust. sl.
► POLICIER a film based on a police novel → 1956
► PORNIE a pornographic film → 1966 sl.
► SAGEBRUSHER a Western cowboy film → 1920s US sl.
► SKIN-FLICK a movie focusing on nudity or sex; a movie with nude scenes; a pornographic film or an X-rated film → 1968 US sl.
► SNUFFER a film, usually pornographic, that climaxes in the actual death of one of the participants, usually an actress or, if paedophiliac, a child → 1960s sl. orig. US
► SNUFF FILM a pornographic film in which an unsuspecting actress or actor is murdered at the climax of the film → 1975 sl.
► SNUFF MOVIE a film, usually pornographic, that climaxes in the actual death of one of the participants, usually an actress or, if paedophiliac, a child → 1960s sl. orig. US
► SPAG a cowboy film, usually made in Europe by Italian directors → 1970s sl., orig. US
► SPAGHETTI WESTERN a cowboy film, usually made in Europe by Italian directors → 1970s sl., orig. US
► SPLAT MOVIE ► SPLATTER MOVIE a genre of ultra-violent films, coined as a name by director George Romero, e.g. ‘The Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ → 1970s sl.
► STICKY a slow-moving film → 1934
► SYNTHESPIAN a computer-generated character in a film → 1989 orig. US
► TALKIE a film with sound; a film, → 1913 US sl.
► TURKEY an inferior or unsuccessful film or theatrical production; hence, anything disappointing or of inferior value → 1927 US sl.
► VIDEO-NASTY an exceptionally unpleasant horror film, available on video → 1982 UK sl.
► WOP SPECTACULAR a cheap, Italian costume-type movie → Bk1967 US students’ sl.
NOUNS – PERSON
► ACHIEVER a devoted fan of the film, ‘The Big Lebowski’ → 2004 US sl.
► BOY a hero in a film → 1996 Irish sl.
► CINEPHILE an avid movie-goer → Bk1991
► MOVIE BUFF a person who is very knowledgeable about film → 1958
► MOVIE FIEND an over-frequent, over-enthusiastic visitor to the cinema → Bk1930 Eng. sl.
► MOVIE KING a powerful or influential film producer → 1913
► MOVIE MAN a man involved in the film industry → 1912
► MOVIE MOGUL a powerful or influential film producer → 1916
VERBS
► SNEAK to show a movie unexpectedly to an audience in order to assess its appeal → 1960s US movie studio usage
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