schlockumentary
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Blend of schlock + documentary.
Noun edit
schlockumentary (plural schlockumentaries)
- (derogatory) A documentary programme or film that is schlocky, typically due to its content being deemed sensationalistic, propagandistic, or factually inaccurate.
- 1999 March 5, Troy Patterson, “Celebrities: Caught on Camera”, in Entertainment Weekly:
- The narrator of this 53-minute schlockumentary insists that "the public's appetite for seeing their favorite stars caught off guard... is insatiable."
Quotations edit
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:schlockumentary.