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schlockumentary

noun

Etymology

Blend of schlock + documentary.

  1. derived from documentum
  2. compounded as schlockumentary — “schlock + documentary”

Definitions

  1. A documentary programme or film that is schlocky, typically due to its content being…

    A 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."

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