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shlock

NOUN
  1. merchandise that is shoddy or inferior

How To Use shlock In A Sentence

  • If that weren't argument enough for a moratorium on shlocky Sistine Chapel spoofs, it's worth noting that "The Simpsons" has used a fresco gag. Simpsons Syndrome: Overused Cultural Icons Trigger a Gag Reflex
  • I actually saw this in a theater, because it just looked like the kind of shlock that would be entertainingly over-the-top. Home Theater Forum
  • Paul Giamatti plays the protagonist of the title, a Jewish producer of shlock television; his shlemiel persona rivals that of Larry David. Regina Weinreich: Barney's Version: A Who's Who of Canada
  • Yeah, the marketing and profit motive shlock is fairly overwhelming, as well as the borrowings from homosexual reality that is an actual real case of civil rights and demanding they be honored. Breathe slowly and relax
  • The old argument that culture represents the nation no longer washes with millennial politicians who were raised on rock music and shlock movies.
  • I would much prefer to have a professional doing it for me, but to get past the shlock you have to be able to spend the bigger coin. Why authors shouldn’t contact journalists directly « The Book Publicity Blog
  • So when Nancy says "F*** you" to Freddy and he responds "that sounds like fun," it's a hideously uncomfortable moment shrouded in the shlocky interplay of over-the-top horror movie fun. Ben Mankiewicz: A Nightmare on Elm Street -- Wildly Inappropriate (And Also Bad)
  • But it wearied the empire builders, it no doubt wearied Fishlock, and now, sadly, it's likely to weary the average reader.
  • I haven't seen this movie, but I can't imagine it being anything other than ridiculous C-grade shlocky horror. Top 50 Posters of the Decade: #25-1
  • More than 23 years on, he is reduced to releasing dire cabaret-lounge shlock. Times, Sunday Times
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