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Meaning of schlock | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
/ʃlɒk/

Definitions

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

US, colloquial, countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Español baratija
Français camelote

Examples

“Before pop art, there was such a thing as bad taste. Now there’s kitsch, schlock, camp and porn.”
““The Kingdom of the Wicked” is not Mr. Burgess at the top of his bent. It is not schlock. It is too individual, too original for that; […].”
“And just because leftoids make tripe from their position of strength is no reason for trads to make schlock from their position of weakness.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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