| penny-dreadful | n (UK), (colloq) cerita picisan. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| pot-boiler | n(derog), karya utk cari makan, karya picisan: his ~s brought him much more money than his serious works, karya picisannya membolehkannya mendapat wang yg banyak drpd karya-karya beratnya. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| two-bit | adj (US), (colloq), [various translations]: a ~ actress, aktres picisan; a ~ novel, novel murahan. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| pulp | 2. soft, coherent mass of crushed substance, pulpa; 3. soft nerve tissue in centre of tooth, pulpa; 4. (derog) book, magazine, etc of low quality, /buku, majalah/ /murahan, picisan/: stop reading that ~, jangan baca lagi majalah picisan itu; beat so. to a ~, melanyak sso hingga lembik: they threatened to beat him to a ~ if he talked, mereka mengugut utk melanyaknya hingga lembik jika dia membuka mulut; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| scribbler | n 1. person who scribbles, orang yg tulisannya cakar ayam; 2. inferior author, journalist etc, penulis picisan. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| muck | 4. st of low quality, rubbish, a. (food) makanan yg memuakkan: I can’t eat this ~, saya tdk termakan makanan yg memuakkan ini; b. (book, film, etc) approp n + picisan: I don’t know how you can bot | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| grind | ~ out, a. utter in grating voice, approp v + dgn suara yg garau: “Keep quiet”, he ground out, “Senyap”, katanya dgn suara yg garau; b. (derog) produce in a boringly routine way, mengeluarkan: they ~ out cheap novels for the undiscerning reader, mereka mengeluarkan novel picisan utk pembaca yg tdk peka; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| lurid | adj 1. (derog) a. violent, mengerikan: an account of the massacre was published with all its ~ details, cerita ttg pembunuhan beramai-ramai itu disiarkan dgn segala butiran yg mengerikan; b. sensational (esp involving sex or immoral activities) menggemparkan, penuh sensasi: the ~ covers of cheap novels, gambar kulit novel picisan yg penuh sensasi; 2. unnaturally bright, garish, menyilaukan (mata): curtains made of cheap material in ~ colours, langsir yg dibuat drpd kain murah yg warnanya menyilaukan; the setting sun cast a ~ light over the hills, matahari terbenam memancarkan cahaya yg menyilaukan dr balik bukit-bukau itu. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |