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Schlock

//ʃlɒk// noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any commodity that is shoddy or inferior; now, usually, writing or audiovisual content that is shoddy or inferior. US, colloquial, countable, uncountable

    "Before pop art, there was such a thing as bad taste. Now there’s kitsch, schlock, camp and porn."

  2. 2
    merchandise that is shoddy or inferior wordnet

Etymology

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

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