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shlock

shlock

9.7
Cheap goods that look badly made and will fall apart quickly
  • noun
  • /ʃlɑk/
  • Slang
translation icon : porquería
  • The new restaurant is full of shlock, selling cheap dishes that lack any real flavor.

Examples

  • These days, the phrase could equally describe Canadian TV, which has become a vast wasteland of imported American shlock where quality Canadian programs are few and far between.

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  • Many shoppers left the store disappointed after finding nothing but shlock on the shelves.

  • The facts of power are out there for anybody to discover, but they are hidden in vast piles of shlock.

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  • More like SHLOCK Jensen. Sheesh.

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  • Despite the flashy packaging, the toy turned out to be nothing more than shlock that broke within minutes.

Synonyms

schlock
vsshlock
  • Slang
7 9.4

Cheap things that break easily

is the modern spelling that omits that consonant
dreck
vsshlock
  • Slang
7 9.9

Poor-quality items that are not worth buying

is milder and simply describes goods as low quality
shoddy product
vsshlock
1 3.6

A thing made badly that breaks easily or does not work well

applies to goods in general not only one item
pure shitpiss
vsshlock
  • Offensive
9.9

A thing that is very bad and not worth having

is neutral in tone and labels goods low quality
total scag
vsshlock
  • Slang
9.9

An object like a phone or lamp that is broken and not worth keeping

covers low quality goods even when they are not broken

Antonyms

quality
∞ 2.1

How good something is

How Cheap

trash
  • US
444 1.0
junk
373 1.1
shlock
  • Slang
9.7
cheapness
1 1.1

Surface Forms

shlock singular
shlocks plural

Etymology

Shlock, also spelled schlock, comes from Yiddish and originally meant 'junk' or a 'worthless thing'. Think of it like the English word junk, which is why shlock now means cheap, poor-quality goods.