schlock
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Yiddish שלאַק (shlak), related to German Schlag (“blow”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ʃlɒk/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ʃlɑk/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -ɒk
Noun edit
schlock (countable and uncountable, plural schlocks)
- (colloquial, US) Commodity that is shoddy or inferior.
- 1978, Don DeLillo, Running Dog, New York: Knopf, page 148:
- Before pop art, there was such a thing as bad taste. Now there’s kitsch, schlock, camp and porn.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
commodity that is shoddy or inferior
Further reading edit
- Jonathon Green (2024), “schlock n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang