schlockumentary
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Blend of schlock + documentary.
Noun
schlockumentary (plural schlockumentaries)
- (derogatory) A documentary programme or film regarded as schlock, typically due to its content being deemed sensationalistic, propagandistic, or factually inaccurate.
- 1999, Troy Patterson, "Celebrities: Caught on Camera", Entertainment Weekly, 5 March 1999:
- The narrator of this 53-minute schlockumentary insists that "the public's appetite for seeing their favorite stars caught off guard... is insatiable."
- 1999, Troy Patterson, "Celebrities: Caught on Camera", Entertainment Weekly, 5 March 1999:
Quotations
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