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schmaltz

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
schmaltz /ʃmɔːlts, ʃmalts/

▶noun informal excessive sentimentality.

– derivatives
schmaltzy adjective.

– origin 1930s: from Yiddish shmaltz, from Ger. Schmalz ‘dripping, lard’.

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