Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

schlockmeister

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: schlock-meis-ter
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A writer of schlock; an author, film director, etc. who produces tasteless and inferior works.

Canadian usage; American usage; Derogatory; Slang

Example Sentences

"Or he could be viewed as a schlockmeister lowering standards for an inarticulate public, especially women—so often conceived as mass-cultural dupes."
"Hearing Mamet call Spielberg a pretentious schlockmeister was even more shocking to the alderman—to all the aldermen present, in fact, and to Daley, too—than hearing him say he hadn't seen Private Ryan."

Etymology

From schlock + -meister, originally “seller of inferior goods”.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: schlock

Usage

Inflected Forms

schlockmeisters (plural)

Synonyms

shlockmeister

Questions

What does schlockmeister mean?: A writer of schlock; an author, film director, etc. who produces tasteless and inferior works.
Where does schlockmeister come from?: From schlock + -meister, originally “seller of inferior goods”.

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