ticky-tack
1ticky-tack — I. noun see ticky tacky I II. adjective see ticky tacky II …
2ticky-tack — I. noun see ticky tacky I II. adjective see ticky tacky II …
3ticky-tacky — I. noun also ticky tack (plural ticky tackies; also ticky tacks) Etymology: reduplication of tacky Date: 1962 sleazy or shoddy material used especially in the construction of look alike tract houses; also something built of ticky tacky II.… …
4ticky-tacky — tick|y tack|y [ˈtıki ˌtæki] adj also ticky tack [ ˌtæk] AmE informal [Date: 1900 2000; Origin: TACKY2] ticky tacky houses, buildings etc are made of material that is cheap and of low quality >ticky tacky n [U] …
5ticky-tacky — /tik ee tak ee/, Informal. adj. 1. shoddy and unimaginatively designed; flimsy and dull: a row of new, ticky tacky bungalows. 2. tacky2. n. 3. ticky tacky material or something made of it, esp. housing. Also, ticky tack. [1960 65; gradational… …
6ticky-tacky — also ticky tack noun (U) AmE informal a material, especially for building, that is cheap and of low quality ticky tacky adjective …
7ticky-tacky — tic•ky tack•y [[t]ˈtɪk iˌtæk i[/t]] Informal. 1) cvb inf shoddy and unimaginatively designed: ticky tacky bungalows[/ex] 2) cvb inf tacky II 3) ticky tacky material or something made of it • Etymology: 1960–65; redupl. of tacky II …
8tick|y-tack|y — «TIHK ee TAK ee», adjective, noun. Informal. –adj. uniformly cheap, tasteless, or inferior: »... row on row of ticky tacky houses appear (New York Times). –n. ticky tacky material. ╂[coined in 1964 by Malvina Reynolds, an American songwriter,… …
9Little Boxes — Chanson par Malvina Reynolds extrait de l’album Ear to the ground Pays États Unis Sortie 1962 Parolier Malvina Reynolds Compositeur …
10Little Boxes — is a song written by Malvina Reynolds in 1962 that lampoons the development of suburbia and what many consider its bourgeois conformist values. It is best known through Pete Seeger s performance of the song. Little Boxes refers to the areas of… …
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