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kitsch

  [kich]
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–noun
something of tawdry design, appearance, or content created to appeal to popular or undiscriminating taste.
Origin:
1925–30; < G, deriv. of kitschen to throw together (a work of art)

Related forms:
kitschy, adjective
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kitsch   (kĭch)   
n.  

  1. Sentimentality or vulgar, often pretentious bad taste, especially in the arts: "When money tries to buy beauty it tends to purchase a kind of courteous kitsch" (William H. Gass).

  2. An example or examples of kitsch.

adj.  Of, being, or characterized by kitsch: "The kitsch kitchen ... has aqua-and-white gingham curtains and rubber duck-yellow walls painted in a fried-egg motif" (Suzanne Cassidy).

[German, probably of dialectal origin.]
kitsch'i·fy' v., kitsch'y adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Cultural Dictionary

kitsch [(kich)]

Works of art and other objects (such as furniture) that are meant to look costly but actually are in poor taste.

Note: Kitsch in literature and music is associated with sentimentalism as well as bad taste.
The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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Slang Dictionary
kitsch [kɪtʃ]

  1. n.
    any form of entertainment—movies, books, plays—with enormous popular appeal. : This kitsch sells like mad in the big city.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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kitschy [ˈkɪtʃi]

  1. mod.
    trivial in spite of enormous popular appeal. : A lot of people like kitschy art.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

kitsch 
1926, from Ger., lit. "gaudy, trash," from dial. kitschen "to smear."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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