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Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Word of the Day ~ Schlockmeister
schlockmeister
PRONUNCIATION:
(SHLOK-my-stuhr)
MEANING:
noun
: One who deals in inferior goods.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Yiddish shlak (evil, nuisance) + German Meister (master). Earliest documented use: 1965.
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