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schlockumentary

schlockumentary noun: a documentary programme or film that is schlocky, typically due to its content being deemed sensationalistic, propagandistic, or factually inaccurate.

Noun

schlockumentary (plural schlockumentaries)

  1. (derogatory) 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."1999 March 5, Troy Patterson, “Celebrities: Caught on Camera”, in Entertainment Weekly

Forms of schlockumentary

pluralschlockumentaries
alternative formshlockumentary

Origin of schlockumentary

Blend of schlock + documentary.

Questions about schlockumentary

What does schlockumentary mean?
Schlockumentary means a documentary programme or film that is schlocky, typically due to its content being deemed sensationalistic, propagandistic, or factually inaccurate.
What part of speech is schlockumentary?
Schlockumentary is a noun.
What is the plural of schlockumentary?
The plural of schlockumentary is schlockumentaries.

Words near schlockumentary in the dictionary

  1. schlockmeisters
  2. schlocks
  3. schlockster
  4. schlocksters
  5. schlockumentaries
  6. schlockumentary
  7. schlockware
  8. schlocky
  9. Schloemer
  10. Schloemers
  11. schloenbachiid

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