English
schlock
Schlock comes from Yiddish שלאַק.
- Yiddishmodernשלאַקshlak
- Englishearliest quotation 1978schlock
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Yiddishmodernשלאַקshlak
- Englishearliest quotation 1978schlock
Earliest quotation: 1978, Don DeLillo, Running Dog: “Before pop art, there was such a thing as…”
Every English word from Yiddish שלאַק
Today it means
noun Any commodity that is shoddy or inferior; now, usually, writing or audiovisual content that is shoddy or inferior.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Yiddish שלאַק / schlock