Definitions
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- adjective Having the nature of
kitsch .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective effusively or insincerely emotional
Etymologies
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Examples
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Today, Liberace's name elicits smirks from many of those who recall the kitschy pianist from TV shows of their youth.
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Mr. ROTELLA: ... and so many other songs that came after that were kind of kitschy but really pop and really kind of fun.
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Mr. ROTELLA: ... and so many other songs that came after that were kind of kitschy but really pop and really kind of fun.
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Mr. ROTELLA: ... and so many other songs that came after that were kind of kitschy but really pop and really kind of fun.
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Mr. ROTELLA: ... and so many other songs that came after that were kind of kitschy but really pop and really kind of fun.
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And let's ask this pertinent question: What "kitschy" qualities does he feel Star Trek has?
J.J. Abrams Delivers a Mid-Summer Star Trek Update « FirstShowing.net 2008
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So, again, what about Star Trek is Jar Jar saying is 'kitschy'?
J.J. Abrams Delivers a Mid-Summer Star Trek Update « FirstShowing.net 2008
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Were President Obama to overreach for that kind of kitschy sudz-n-ammo symbolism in 2010, it would only make things worse for the himself and the Democrats.
Jeffrey Feldman: The Lesson of the Lunch-Bucket Democrats 2010
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He also adds that "there's a certain thing that you can't really hold onto, which is … there's a kind of kitschy quality that must go if it's going to be something that you believe is real."
J.J. Abrams Delivers a Mid-Summer Star Trek Update « FirstShowing.net 2008
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(That last fact doesn't have anything to do with the Lost Pines, but it's the kind of kitschy "giant ball of twine" thing I adore, so I've included it anyway.)
Joy Preble: Not Lost at All: Texas Pines, Debut Authors, and the World's Largest Gingerbread Man 2009
brtom commented on the word kitschy
The trees are wretched splinter-sculptures and the strip malls are alive with kitschy holiday heraldry.
K. Silem Mohammad, lime tree
December 21, 2006