schlock
noun
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Pronunciation: /ʃlɒk/ / /ʃlɑk/
noun
Etymology: From Yiddish שלאַק (shlak), related to German Schlag (“blow, strike, hit”).
- Any commodity that is shoddy or inferior; now, usually, writing or audiovisual content that is shoddy or inferior.
“Before pop art, there was such a thing as bad taste. Now there’s kitsch, schlock, camp and porn.”
““The Kingdom of the Wicked” is not Mr. Burgess at the top of his bent. It is not schlock. It is too individual, too original for that; […].”