Meaning of schlock | Babel Free
/ʃlɒk/Definitions
Any commodity that is shoddy or inferior; now, usually, writing or audiovisual content that is shoddy or inferior.
US, colloquial, countable, uncountable
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.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.