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

Words to me were magic. You could say a word and it could conjure up all kinds of images or feelings or a chilly sensation or whatever. It was amazing to me that words had this power.
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