schlockumentary

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noun

A documentary programme or film that is schlocky, typically due to its content being deemed sensationalistic, propagandistic, or factually inaccurate.

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Meanings

nounschlockumentary (plural schlockumentaries)

plural schlockumentaries · alternative shlockumentary

  1. derogatoryA documentary programme or film that is schlocky, typically due to its content being deemed sensationalistic, propagandistic, or factually inaccurate.

    The narrator of this 53-minute schlockumentary insists that "the public's appetite for seeing their favorite stars caught off guard... is insatiable."

    1999 March 5, Troy Patterson, “Celebrities: Caught on Camera”, in Entertainment Weekly

Origin

Blend of schlock + documentary.

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APA

schlockumentary. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/schlockumentary

MLA

“schlockumentary.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/schlockumentary. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “schlockumentary,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/schlockumentary.

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