schlock

noun /ʃlɒk/

1. Any commodity that is shoddy or inferior; now, usually, writing or audiovisual content that is shoddy or inferior.

   countable, uncountable

   Before pop art, there was such a thing as bad taste. Now there’s kitsch, schlock, camp and porn.

Where it comes from

From Yiddish שלאַק (shlak), related to German Schlag (“blow, strike, hit”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry schlock (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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