schlockbuster
/ˈʃlɒkˌbʌstəɹ/
schlockbuster noun: a schlocky blockbuster; a film that is tasteless and inferior but still very successful.
Noun
schlockbuster (plural schlockbusters)
- 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.2009 April 22, Michael Cieply, “He’s Behind the Guffaws and the Gore”, in New York Times
Forms of schlockbuster
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Origin of schlockbuster
Blend of schlock + blockbuster.
Questions about schlockbuster
- What does schlockbuster mean?
- Schlockbuster means a schlocky blockbuster; a film that is tasteless and inferior but still very successful.
- What part of speech is schlockbuster?
- Schlockbuster is a noun.
- How do you pronounce schlockbuster?
- Schlockbuster is pronounced /ˈʃlɒkˌbʌstəɹ/.
- What is the plural of schlockbuster?
- The plural of schlockbuster is schlockbusters.
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