单词 | schlockmeister |
释义 | schlockmeistern. Originally U.S. Originally: an agent who arranges promotional television plugs (now rare). Subsequently: a producer or seller of schlock goods or material, esp. a director of schlock horror films. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > seller > sellers of specific things > [noun] > seller of cheap or trashy goods swag1829 swagman1851 schlockmeister1953 1953 Amarillo (Texas) Globe-Times 18 Sept. 10/2 (headline) Schlockmeisters rule giveaways on television. 1965 J. M. Ullman Good Night, Irene i. 20 Public relations, an elastic term that encompasses everything from crude schlockmeisters operating out of phone booths to high-powered representatives of billion-dollar corporations. 1991 Conjunctions 16 19 The problems these schlockmeisters faced were of a kind that would tax the resourcefulness of even the most formidable hustler. 2007 Independent on Sunday 29 Apr. (ABC Mag.) 4 The B-movie schlockmeister himself, Roger Corman. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1953 |
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