Associations to the word «Schmaltz»

Wiktionary

SCHMALTZ, noun. (uncountable) Liquid chickenfat.
SCHMALTZ, noun. (uncountable) Excessively sentimental art or music.

Dictionary definition

SCHMALTZ, noun. (Yiddish) excessive sentimentality in art or music.

Wise words

Every once in a while, you let a word or phrase out and you want to catch it and bring it back. You can't do that. It's gone, gone forever.
Dan Quayle