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ticky tacky

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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unimaginative and, often, tasteless or shoddy uniformity

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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ticky-tacky adjective

See ticky tacky in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

Shoddy material, as for the construction of standardized housing.

adjective

Made of shoddy material; cheaply built.
a. Marked by a mediocre uniformity of appearance or style: ticky-tacky rows of look-alike houses.
b. Tawdry; tacky.

Origin:

Origin: Reduplication of tacky²

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