shooting and crying

English

Etymology

Calque of Hebrew יוֹרִים וּבוֹכִים (yorim ve bochim).

Noun

shooting and crying (uncountable)

  1. (derogatory) A genre of war film in which soldiers are depicted showing remorse or grief while simultaneously committing acts of violence, particularly associated with the depictions of the Israel Defense Forces.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.