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Kitsch is "something that appeals to popular or lowbrow taste and is often of poor quality." // Kitsch and tacky but collectible items can be found at the flea market.
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for March 2, 2022 is:
kitsch \KITCH\ noun
Examples:
"She got off at the next stop and found herself standing in front of an old coffee shop with fake-pine garlands and fake-velvet bows on its doors. … At the thought of yet another year without having a coffee shop of her own to run (though with less kitsch)…." — Charmaine Wilkerson, Black Cake, 2022
Did you know?
Kitsch is an early 20th-century borrowing from German, and it refers to things in the realm of popular culture that are tacky, like car mirror dice, plastic flamingos, and dashboard hula dancers.
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