schmaltz



schmaltz

and shmaltz (ʃmɑlts)
n. extreme sentimentality; corny sweetness. (From a Yiddish word meaning fat or oil.) I didn’t like that movie. Too much schmaltz.

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Roswitha-German
Humphries['hʌmfriz]
PatrÍCiapə-TREE-syə (Portuguese)Slovak, Portuguese
Kristjan-Estonian, Slovene
Cosima-Italian
BecciBEK-eeEnglish (Modern)