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
Inge	ING-e (Danish, Norwegian, Swedish), ING-gə (German), ING-ə (Dutch)	Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, German, Dutch
Jehovah	ji-HO-və (English)	Theology
Terence	['terəns]
Elouan	-	Breton, French
Ken	[ken]
Callixtus	-	Late Roman