/shlok/ , Slang.
adj.
1. Also, schlocky . cheap; trashy: a schlock store.
n.
2. something of cheap or inferior quality; junk. Also, shlock .
[ 1910-15; appar. shlak apoplectic stroke, evil, nuisance, wretch (cf. MHG slac ( g ) blow; see SLAY); though development of E sense is unclear ]