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- adjective fashion, of clothes Excessively
color-coordinated .
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Examples
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The hotel says no two rooms are alike, and furnishings are not intended to look matchy-matchy.
Part of the Scene 2008
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Mix different shades of turquoise, don't do the dreaded matchy-matchy.
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When it comes to vibrant colors, never go matchy-matchy; that's just hokey.
Ask Teri Teri Agins 2011
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Nina thinks proper styling could have helped the look a lot, and she and Heidi agree that everything is too "matchy-matchy."
Una LaMarche: Project Runway Episode 10 Recap: The Fabric of Their Lives Una LaMarche 2010
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While I'm not normally matchy-matchy, I do feel that staying in the same spectrum as your lipstick is most flattering a clash makes you look like Nick Rhodes circa Rio.
Beauty: Blushers 2011
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The other two are too matchy-matchy and really obviously balanced.
Book Cover Smackdown! Panverse One vs. Madness of Flowers vs. The God Engines 2009
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Start layering in colors, but don't go matchy-matchy.
He Loves Colors; She Loves Black Teri Agins 2011
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Nina thinks proper styling could have helped the look a lot, and she and Heidi agree that everything is too "matchy-matchy."
Una LaMarche: Project Runway Episode 10 Recap: The Fabric of Their Lives Una LaMarche 2010
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My days of Martha Stewart's matchy-matchy everything are over.
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Nina thinks proper styling could have helped the look a lot, and she and Heidi agree that everything is too "matchy-matchy."
Una LaMarche: Project Runway Episode 10 Recap: The Fabric of Their Lives Una LaMarche 2010
sionnach commented on the word matchy-matchy
especially of fabrics, matching to a high degree; the opposite of mixy-matchy.
December 27, 2007
bilby commented on the word matchy-matchy
See also piecemeal.
November 18, 2015