schlock
pronunciation
How to pronounce schlock in British English:
UK [ʃlɒk]
How to pronounce schlock in American English:
US [ʃlɑk]
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- Noun:
- merchandise that is shoddy or inferior
Word Origin
- schlock
- schlock: see shemozzle
- schlock (n.)
- "trash," 1915, from American Yiddish shlak, from German Schlacke "dregs, scum, dross" (see slag (n.)). Alternative etymology [OED] is from Yiddish shlogn "to strike" (cognate with German schlagen; see slay). Derived form schlockmeister "purveyor of cheap merchandise" is from 1965. Adjectival form schlocky is attested from 1968; schlock was used as an adjective from 1916.
Example
- 1. Who produced this schlock ?
- 2. Be careful , do not buy a schlock car with a pretty design .
- 3. Mr lucas calls them " schlock economics " , contrived to justify mr obama 's projections for the budget deficit .
- 4. " Be careful , don 't buy a schlock car with a pretty design . "
- 5. They sit at home in the afternoon watching all the schlock tv shows .