Schlockware

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Software that is of shoddy or inferior quality. derogatory, slang, uncountable

    "As someone else wrote, "interesting thread you have here." Having worked in a group that has implemented 70,000 seats of M$ schlockware for a single customer, I can testify that having that many seats in your environment, barely draws any attention from the boyz in Redmond."

Example

More examples

"As someone else wrote, "interesting thread you have here." Having worked in a group that has implemented 70,000 seats of M$ schlockware for a single customer, I can testify that having that many seats in your environment, barely draws any attention from the boyz in Redmond."

Etymology

From schlock (“shoddy or inferior commodity”) + -ware, from Yiddish שלאַק (shlak).

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