kick flick n. a martial arts movie. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
kick flick n. a martial arts movie. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
An anadrome is a word that forms a whole new word when you spell it backwards. For example, the word “stressed” spelled backwards is “desserts.” Some people’s first names are anadromes. There’s the girl named Noel...
Interesting that this predates “chick flick” (dated by OED3/MWCD11 to 1988). I’d imagine one expression influenced the other, but I would’ve guessed “chick flick” came first.