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
Mared	-	Welsh
Hermanni	HER-mahn-nee	Finnish
Grazia	GRAHT-syah	Italian
Carson	['ka:sn]
Charlot	shar-LO	French
Tzipporah	-	Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew