Schlock
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Schlock is an English word of Yiddish origin meaning "something cheap, shoddy, or inferior (perhaps from German Schlag, Yiddish shlak, meaning 'a stroke')"
In the field of science, "schlock" refers to shoddy or unreliable results.
In art, "schlock" is sometimes used as a synonym for kitsch
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It may also refer to:
In the field of science, "schlock" refers to shoddy or unreliable results.
In art, "schlock" is sometimes used as a synonym for kitsch
Kitsch
Kitsch is a form of art that is considered an inferior, tasteless copy of an extant style of art or a worthless imitation of art of recognized value. The concept is associated with the deliberate use of elements that may be thought of as cultural icons while making cheap mass-produced objects that...
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It may also refer to:
- Schlock (film)Schlock (film)Schlock is a 1973 low-budget satire film, written, directed by and starring filmmaker John Landis.-Plot:Schlock, a prehistoric apeman who falls in love with a teenage blind beauty and terrorizes her Southern California suburb. Schlock is no ordinary simian; he possesses some very unusual skills....
, a film by John Landis - Schlock MercenarySchlock MercenarySchlock Mercenary is a comedic webcomic written and drawn by Howard Tayler. It follows the tribulations of a star-travelling mercenary company in a satiric, mildly dystopian 31st-century space opera setting...
, a webcomic by Howard Tayler- Sergeant Schlock, the titular character of Schlock Mercenary
- Dr. Irving Schlock, a character in the webcomic Sluggy Freelance