Schlockware
noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
- 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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