"schlock" = nonsense

Wed Mar 23 22:50:48 UTC 2005

"Where does Jennings get off simultaneously bashing the Roswell [UFO] story and yet taking all the other schlock so seriously?" -- Chris Mooney, "Out of Balance," http://www.csicop.org/doubtandabout/ufos/  (Mar. 3, 2005).

"Schlock" here must mean "nonsense," "baloney," and not third-rate entertainment or shoddy goods.  I don't believe I've seen the word so used before.

However,

"Does anyone really believe this schlock?" --"How to Rob the Banks Legally,"  Usenet: misc.wanted, July 19, 1996.

JL

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