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ticky-tacky
[ tik-ee-tak-ee ]
adjective
- shoddy and unimaginatively designed; flimsy and dull:
a row of new, ticky-tacky bungalows.
noun
- ticky-tacky material or something made of it, especially housing.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of ticky-tacky1
First recorded in 1960–65; gradational compound based on tacky 2
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Example Sentences
Most of that is the desultory ticky-tacky kind that litters the right side of people's Facebook profiles.
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