schlockware
Software that is of shoddy or inferior qualitySoftware that is of shoddy or inferior quality.
Meaning
1 senses(derogatory, slang, uncountable)Software that is of shoddy or inferior quality.
1998, Larry Wall, quoted in "Open source gurus convene", C-Net E-Magazine, April 8, 1998. You'll do us all a big favor if you disassociate freeware from schlockware.
Origin
From schlock (“shoddy or inferior commodity”) + -ware, from Yiddish שלאַק (shlak).From schlock (“shoddy or inferior commodity”) + -ware, from Yiddish שלאַק (shlak).
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable