Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

schlockware

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: schlock-ware
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Software that is of shoddy or inferior quality.

Derogatory; Slang; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"As someone else wrote, "interesting thread you have here." Having worked in a group that has implemented 70,000 seats of M$ schlockware for a single customer, I can testify that having that many seats in your environment, barely draws any attention from the boyz in Redmond."
"1998, Larry Wall, quoted in "Open source gurus convene", C-Net E-Magazine, April 8, 1998. You'll do us all a big favor if you disassociate freeware from schlockware."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Yiddish

Word Breakdown

Root: שלאַק

Usage

Questions

What does schlockware mean?: Software that is of shoddy or inferior quality.
Where does schlockware come from?: It is traced to Yiddish.

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