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• s  (of a glutinous liquid such as paint) not completely dried and slightly sticky to the touch
  tacky varnish
• s  tastelessly showy

• Even the proudest mainland nationalist knew that a homegrown brand signified ultracheap and tres tacky.
• They're tawdry, they're tacky, and they're not even all that "real.
• Little boxes on the hillside Little boxes made of ticky tacky All the same This simple lyric, laminated to a catching tune, is on.

• brassy
• cheap
• flash
• flashy
• garish
• gaudy
• gimcrack
• loud
• meretricious
• tatty
• tawdry
• trashy

News & Articles

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• Steve Gleason: The Rivalry Behind Atlanta Radio Hosts’ Tacky ALS Segment
  COMMENTARY – So Steve Gleason, former Saints player and victim of ALS, was mocked by three cruel radio hosts in an Atlanta program on Monday. By the end of the day, Nick Cellini, Steak Shapiro and Chris Dimino for WQXI-AM, 790 The Zone’s Mayhem in the AM had been axed by the station for a... Read more » Steve Gleason: The Rivalry Behind Atlanta Radio Hosts’ Tacky ALS Segment is a post from: The ...
  June 18, 2013 - The Inquisitr
• Hartford Whalers-Themed Wedding Includes Pucky the Whale, Stanley Cup Cake (Photos)
  Themed weddings are almost always tacky, and usually neither pay tribute to their subject nor give proper importance to the ceremony itself. Well, one couple with a mutual love for the Hartford Whalers (and each other, hopefully) decided to break all the rules and put together a Whalers-themed wedding that actually looks fun and well […]
  June 17, 2013 - New England Sports Network
• Kristen Stewart Hung Out at Hooters Over the Weekend
  (Instagram) Kristen Stewart fits right in with the Hooters crew! The Snow White and the Hunstman star was spotted over the weekend enjoying a "delightfully tacky, yet unrefined" meal at one of the restaurant chain's Texas locations. A source told E! News that Stewart kept a low-profile during her meal, but was happy to take a few snaps with fans when she left the restaurant. "She was really nice ...
  June 17, 2013 - Zimbio

Quotes

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• John Perry Barlow in USA Today
  It's this really gritty tacky, sleazy jungle music. It's just genius,said John Perry Barlow, a former lyricist for the Grateful Dead and co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, which advocates protecting free speech in the digital age.
• Kirk Franklin in USA Today
  I never figured her to resort to tacky press just to sell a few tickets,says Franklin, who adds she has never met Turner. "I really had put her in a different class - higher than that. No one has been more gracious : to their peers than I...
• Mr Blackwell in Reuters
  Exploding beehives above, tacky polka-dots below,said Blackwell.