schlock
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Yiddish שלאַק (shlak), related to German Schlag (“blow”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ʃlɒk/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ʃlɑk/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -ɒk
Noun[edit]
schlock (countable and uncountable, plural schlocks)
- (colloquial, US) Commodity that is shoddy or inferior.
- 1978, Don DeLillo, Running Dog, New York: Knopf, page 148:
- Before pop art, there was such a thing as bad taste. Now there’s kitsch, schlock, camp and porn.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
commodity that is shoddy or inferior
Further reading[edit]
- Jonathon Green (2024) “schlock n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang
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