Definition of "schmalz" []

• (Yiddish) excessive sentimentality in art or music (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "Would you be able to indulge her need for schmalz, selflessly?"
• "And then comes the turning point—the moment when Barney transformed himself from the Jerry Lewis of the kids comedy circuit, all sappy, treacly schmalz, into its Lenny Bruce."
• "The attempt at cutesy-pie, family-guy schmalz winds up, IMHO, drawing attention away from the points Roskam thinks he is making."