Schlockbuster

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A schlocky blockbuster; a film that is tasteless and inferior but still very successful. US, slang

    "If the stalker thriller “Obsessed,” which opens on Friday, tops the box office, Clinton R. Culpepper will cement his reputation as Hollywood’s king of the schlockbuster."

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"If the stalker thriller “Obsessed,” which opens on Friday, tops the box office, Clinton R. Culpepper will cement his reputation as Hollywood’s king of the schlockbuster."

Etymology

Blend of schlock + blockbuster.

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