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A movie, if you learned the word from someone chewing gum in 1952.
means A movie — especially used by people who want to sound casually old-school about going to the pictures.
from From the flickering light of early film projectors, where frames jittered just enough to earn the whole medium a nickname — 'flick' or 'flicker' for the moving picture itself. The slang stuck in English well into the 20th century, long after projectors got smoother, because the word had already settled into cool, offhand use.
- origin
- From flicker, the old projector's nervous twitch
- era
- Peaked as slang alongside jukeboxes and soda fountains
- usage tell
- Calling it a flick instantly ages you
- bonus meaning
- Also a sharp, quick snap of the wrist