shmaltz

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.

verb

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Duff	[dʌf]
Venla	VEN-lah	Finnish
Tau	-	Southern African, Tswana, Sotho
Salomon	sa-lo-MAWN (French)	French, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Igone	-	Basque
Israel	['izreiə]