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schlock

Pronunciation: /ʃlɒk/

The English word “schlock” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

  1. Any commodity that is shoddy or inferior; now, usually, writing or audiovisual content that is shoddy or inferior.

Etymology

From Yiddish שלאַק (shlak), related to German Schlag (“blow, strike, hit”).

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