This is one of several articles planned as supplements to the original“How to Learn (But Not Master) Any Language in 1 Hour.”This piece focuses on acquisition of new material; for reactivating “forgotten” languages and vocab, I recommend also reading“Ho...
The etymology is revealing. Schlock comes from the Yiddishshlak,meaning secondhand, or damaged, goods; it describes something both inexpensive and of dubious value, something cheap, junky, tacky. In the 1920s,schlockwas a slang term among criminals for stolen merchandise, for booty that you fenc...