ticky-tackyn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈtɪkɪˌtaki/, U.S.

/ˈˌtɪkiˈˌtæki/

Etymology: Probably reduplicated < tacky n. and adj.¹

Originally U.S.

A. n.

Inferior or cheap material, esp. that used in uniform suburban building.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > types of material generally > [noun] > inferior or cheap

seconds1609

mockado1619

ticky-tacky1962

1962 M. Reynolds Little Boxes (1964) (song) 3 And they're all made out of ticky tacky, And they all look just the same.

1973 Newsweek 30 July 71 The real point is, will..Watchung Pharmaceutical get those 250 unspoiled acres around Howard's tree farm which have been zoned for a park, there to produce more poppable pills and sprinkle company ticky-tacky over the landscape?

1978 M. Butterworth X marks Spot iii. 26 A large and gloomy Victorian pub, heavily overlaid with up-to-date ticky-tacky.

B. adj.

Made of ticky-tacky; cheap, in poor taste.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > [adjective]

untasteful1618

ugly1621

tasteless1676

low-browed1782

styleless1796

unaesthetic1832

inaesthetic1846

tacky1862

bad taste1895

ticky-tacky1969

cheeseball1993

1969 Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 10 May 19/1 Men who desecrate the landscape with hundreds of ticky-tacky houses and..call themselves developers.

1970 O. Norton Dead on Prediction iii. 46 The house was one of those ticky-tacky semi-bungalows, which are given a false air of expensiveness.

1977 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Arts 125 119/1 Critics of the private sector complain of ticky tacky little boxes spread all over the country.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ticky-tacky
释义	ticky-tackyn.adj. Brit. /ˈtɪkɪˌtaki/, U.S. /ˈˌtɪkiˈˌtæki/ Etymology: Probably reduplicated < tacky n. and adj.¹ Originally U.S. A. n. Inferior or cheap material, esp. that used in uniform suburban building. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > types of material generally > [noun] > inferior or cheap seconds1609 mockado1619 ticky-tacky1962 1962 M. Reynolds Little Boxes (1964) (song) 3 And they're all made out of ticky tacky, And they all look just the same. 1973 Newsweek 30 July 71 The real point is, will..Watchung Pharmaceutical get those 250 unspoiled acres around Howard's tree farm which have been zoned for a park, there to produce more poppable pills and sprinkle company ticky-tacky over the landscape? 1978 M. Butterworth X marks Spot iii. 26 A large and gloomy Victorian pub, heavily overlaid with up-to-date ticky-tacky. B. adj. Made of ticky-tacky; cheap, in poor taste. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > [adjective] untasteful1618 ugly1621 tasteless1676 low-browed1782 styleless1796 unaesthetic1832 inaesthetic1846 tacky1862 bad taste1895 ticky-tacky1969 cheeseball1993 1969 Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 10 May 19/1 Men who desecrate the landscape with hundreds of ticky-tacky houses and..call themselves developers. 1970 O. Norton Dead on Prediction iii. 46 The house was one of those ticky-tacky semi-bungalows, which are given a false air of expensiveness. 1977 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Arts 125 119/1 Critics of the private sector complain of ticky tacky little boxes spread all over the country. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1962
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