The story
Punningly from chop suey (“stir-fried vegetable dish”), chop (“fighting blow”), and sock (“punch”). Coined by Variety magazine.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A genre of exaggerated martial arts films made primarily in Hong Kong and Taiwan during the 1960s and 1970s. Full definition →
Punningly from chop suey (“stir-fried vegetable dish”), chop (“fighting blow”), and sock (“punch”). Coined by Variety magazine.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.