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ticky-tacky

[ tik-ee-tak-ee ]

adjective

  1. shoddy and unimaginatively designed; flimsy and dull:

    a row of new, ticky-tacky bungalows.



noun

  1. 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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