Schlockmeister

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

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Noun
  1. 1
    A writer of schlock; an author, film director, etc. who produces tasteless and inferior works. Canada, US, derogatory, slang

    "Or he could be viewed as a schlockmeister lowering standards for an inarticulate public, especially women—so often conceived as mass-cultural dupes."

  2. 2
    (slang) a merchant who deals in shoddy or inferior merchandise wordnet

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"Or he could be viewed as a schlockmeister lowering standards for an inarticulate public, especially women—so often conceived as mass-cultural dupes."

Etymology

From schlock + -meister, originally “seller of inferior goods”.

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