Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Something, such as merchandise or literature, that is inferior or poorly made.
- adjective Of inferior quality; cheap or shoddy.
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- noun Commodity that is shoddy or inferior.
- noun Tasteless comedy horror movies or theatre designed to shock people.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun merchandise that is shoddy or inferior
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The most apropos description of this cycle of inherent decrepitude is perhaps the Yiddish word schlock, meaning something "cheap, shoddy, or inferior."
Randall Amster: Schlock Doctrine: Where, and by Whom, Was Your Christmas Made? 2010
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The most apropos description of this cycle of inherent decrepitude is perhaps the Yiddish word schlock, meaning something "cheap, shoddy, or inferior."
Schlock Doctrine: Where, and by Whom, Was Your Christmas Made? 2010
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The most apropos description of this cycle of inherent decrepitude is perhaps the Yiddish word schlock, meaning something "cheap, shoddy, or inferior."
Randall Amster: Schlock Doctrine: Where, and by Whom, Was Your Christmas Made? 2009
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The most apropos description of this cycle of inherent decrepitude is perhaps the Yiddish word schlock, meaning something "cheap, shoddy, or inferior."
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The most apropos description of this cycle of inherent decrepitude is perhaps the Yiddish word schlock, meaning something "cheap, shoddy, or inferior."
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LOL @ film snobs stumbling over themselves to completely dismiss it and come up with more and more obscure indie/arthouse schlock from the aughts.
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Sam Raimi has shown in previous films that he always knows better than to take his movies 'subject matter too seriously, and he continues the tradition here, though some of the schlock is too blatant.
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Although I like his use of the word schlock house.
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Brooks fancies himself a sociologist/psychologist and his pop schlock is all angst and anxiety.
Brooks on target David 2006
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Blending what I read on the web and then TiVO’ing through the schlock is the way I enjoy it.
knnthsmthii commented on the word schlock
I looked up the word schlock after seeing the word schlocky in an article. I noticed that none of dictionaries included kitsch in their list of synonyms. Given certain context (e.g. art), is kitsch a reasonable synonym?
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http://www.wordnik.com/words/kitsch
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kitsch#English
April 22, 2017