ticky-tacky

== English == === Alternative forms === ticky tacky === Etymology === Probably reduplication of tacky. Apparently coined by Malvina Reynolds in the early 1960s (see quotation, below). === Noun === ticky-tacky (uncountable) (US) Cheap, low-quality building material, especially as that used to make conventional suburban housing of a uniform design. === Adjective === ticky-tacky (not comparable) (US) Made of this material; cheaply built, of low quality. Synonyms: cruddy, lousy, shoddy; see also Thesaurus:low-quality (by extension) Inferior, minor, trivial. Synonyms: poor man's, streets behind; ignorable, trifling; see also Thesaurus:inferior, Thesaurus:insignificant ==== Related terms ==== ticky-tack === References ===