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.
Origin of ticky-tacky
1First recorded in 1960–65; gradational compound based on tacky2
- Sometimes tick·y-tack .
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How to use ticky-tacky in a sentence
Most of that is the desultory ticky-tacky kind that litters the right side of people's Facebook profiles.
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