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schlockbuster

noun

Etymology

Blend of schlock + blockbuster.

  1. derived from apostema
  2. derived from Buste
  3. compounded as blockbuster — “block + buster”
  4. compounded as schlockbuster — “schlock + blockbuster”

Definitions

  1. A schlocky blockbuster

    A 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.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA