What is a "flick"? like in"action flick"?!
Question: What is a "flick"!? like in"action flick"!?
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It is just a slang word used to refer to a movie!. An action movie, etc!. Maybe the word came about because the first moving pictures were always flickering!. ha!Www@Enter-QA@Com
A long time ago, cameras and projectors were quite crude by todays standards, and movies seemed to "flicker" when being projected!. They actually are flickering (going on and off) 24-32 times a second!. Shorten flickering moving pictures, and you get!.!.!.flicks (aka flix)!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
In the early days of movies, the films had a tendancy to flicker, owing to the lighting source (especially in cheap theaters), thus from "flicker', we get "flicks"Www@Enter-QA@Com
It just means movie!. Action flick, action movie!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
I think movies are called flicks because they used to flicker on the screens of the movie theatres!. Www@Enter-QA@Com
Yes, the first three answers are correct!. I have to be honest with you!. I am sending you this answer so I can win two points!.Www@Enter-QA@Com