Associations to the word «Schmaltz»
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Wiktionary
SCHMALTZ, noun. (uncountable) Liquid chickenfat.
SCHMALTZ, noun. (uncountable) Excessively sentimental art or music.
Dictionary definition
SCHMALTZ, noun. (Yiddish) excessive sentimentality in art or music.
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.