schlockbuster

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/ˈʃlɒkˌbʌstəɹ/

noun

A schlocky blockbuster; a film that is tasteless and inferior but still very successful.

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Meanings

nounschlockbuster (plural schlockbusters)

plural schlockbusters

  1. USslangA schlocky blockbuster; a film that is tasteless and inferior but still very successful.

    If the stalker thriller “Obsessed,” which opens on Friday, tops the box office, Clinton R. Culpepper will cement his reputation as Hollywood’s king of the schlockbuster.

    2009 April 22, Michael Cieply, “He’s Behind the Guffaws and the Gore”, in New York Times

Origin

Blend of schlock + blockbuster.

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APA

schlockbuster. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/schlockbuster

MLA

“schlockbuster.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/schlockbuster. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “schlockbuster,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/schlockbuster.

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