bric-a-brac, knick-knack (miscellaneous items of little import) · frills, bells and whistles (features considered gimmicky or fancy) · empty talk, chatter
çekim: tamlayan Schnickschnackes
köken: Reduplication; from schnacken or Low German schnacken (snacken) (“chatter”) (compare Plautdietsch schnaken (“chatter”)).
Ich brauche einfach einen stinknormalen Fernseher ohne Schnickschnack.
köken: Uncertain. A connection to cisma (“schism; discord”) has been proposed on the grounds that rumours can cause strife. Coromines considers it more likely to be a further evolution of etymology 2 below.