ticky-tacky
Cheap, low-quality building material, especially as that used to make conventional…Cheap, low-quality building material, especially as that used to make conventional suburban housing of a uniform design.
Meaning
1 senses(US, uncountable)Cheap, low-quality building material, especially as that used to make conventional suburban housing of a uniform design.
Origin
Probably reduplication of tacky. Apparently coined by Malvina Reynolds in the early 1960sProbably reduplication of tacky. Apparently coined by Malvina Reynolds in the early 1960s (see quotation, below).
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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