schlockware
English
noun
Definitions
- (computing) Software that is of shoddy or inferior quality.
Etymology
Compound from English schlock + English ware (guard)derived from Yiddish שלאַק derived from German Schlacke (slag, undesired elements in a piece of metal, dross).
Origin
German (Berlin)
Schlacke
Gloss
slag, undesired elements in a piece of metal, dross
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- beware English
- potteryware English
- schlock English
- schlocker English
- schlockfest English
- schlockmeister English
- schlocky English
- slipware English
- unware English
- ware English
- warehouse English
- wareless English
- warely English
- wareroom English
- wary English
- Schlacke German
- Schlackenlosigkeit German
- entschlacken German
- шлак Russian
- szlaka Polish
- ware Middle English
- שלאַק Yiddish
- slagge Middle Low German
- şlak Crimean Tatar