gimcrackery
Use Gimcrackery in a sentence
ə noun
1.
cheap, showy, useless trifles, ornaments, trinkets, etc.
2.
obvious or contrived effects, especially in art, music, literature, etc.
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gimcrack (ˈdʒɪmˌkræk) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | cheap; shoddy |
| —n | |
| 2. | a cheap showy trifle or gadget |
| [C18: changed from C14 gibecrake little ornament, of unknown origin] | |
| 'gimcrackery | |
| —n | |
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Gimcrackery
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
Example sentences
Many of the film's special effects smack of gimcrackery.
It was only in the sidelong glance that gimcrackery was fun.
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