schlockware

== English == === Etymology === From schlock (“shoddy or inferior commodity”) +‎ -ware, from Yiddish שלאַק (shlak). === Pronunciation === === Noun === schlockware (uncountable) (computing, derogatory, slang) Software that is of shoddy or inferior quality. 1998, Larry Wall, quoted in "Open source gurus convene", C-Net E-Magazine, April 8, 1998. You'll do us all a big favor if you disassociate freeware from schlockware.