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shlockumentary

shlockumentary is the alternative spelling of schlockumentary.

Meaning of schlockumentary

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 shlockumentary

pluralshlockumentaries

Questions about shlockumentary

What is shlockumentary the alternative spelling of?
Shlockumentary is the alternative spelling of schlockumentary.

Words near shlockumentary in the dictionary

  1. shlockmeisters
  2. shlocks
  3. shlockster
  4. shlocksters
  5. shlockumentaries
  6. shlockumentary
  7. shlocky
  8. Shloime
  9. shloka
  10. shlokas
  11. Shlomo

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