The definition of ticky tacky is people or things that are tasteless, low quality and the same as others.
(adjective)An example of ticky tacky is a poorly built suburban tract housing development.
See ticky tacky in Webster's New World College Dictionary
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Origin: orig., cheap building materials, as for tract houses < redupl. of tacky: popularized in “Little Boxes” (1962), song by M. Reynolds (1900-78), U.S. songwriter
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See ticky tacky in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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Origin: Reduplication of tacky2
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