# Why are movies called flicks?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 2, 2003, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-movies-called-flicks/205086 "2003-10-02T09:26:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Salmo\_Trutta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@Salmo\_Trutta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salmo_Trutta)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2003, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-movies-called-flicks/205086/21 "2003-10-03T08:24:33Z")

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What about Spike Lee calling his flicks joints. I’ve wondered about that. The answer is probably obvious, but much of the time obvious things are the hardest for me to see!

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