Etymology

schlockware

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Today it means: Software that is of shoddy or inferior quality. Full definition →

Yiddish שלאַק
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The story

  1. Yiddish · derived fromשלאַק
  2. English todayschlockware

From schlock (“shoddy or inferior commodity”) + -ware, from Yiddish שלאַק (shlak).

Words from the same roots

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