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-	'''Schlock''' is an [[List of English words of Yiddish origin|English word of Yiddish origin]] meaning "[[something]] [[cheap]], [[shoddy]], or [[inferior]] (perhaps from German ''Schlag'', Yiddish ''shlak'', meaning 'a stroke'; also possibly from German "Schlag"/"Schlagsahne", whipped cream)"	+
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-	In art, "schlock" is sometimes used as a synonym for [[kitsch]] and in film it refers to [[tasteless]] comedy [[horror film|horror movies]] or theatre designed to [[shock]] people.	+
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-	It may also refer to:	+
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-	*[[Schlock (film)|''Schlock'' (film)]], a film by John Landis	+
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