ticky-tack

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ticky-tack

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Probably a back-formation from ticky-tacky (adjective).

noun

uncountable Something of low value; (by extension) something meaningless or insignificant. But why should we have to struggle against this garbagy tide of cheap rip-off ticky-tack, when we could be drinking the wine of paradise even now under our own vine & fig tree?
Similar: cheapie, cheapo, flyspeck, triviality, tack, tawdry, ticky-tack, bagatelle, bag of shells, bric-a-brac, dicky, dicky-bird

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@misc{ticky_tack_2026,
  title = {ticky-tack},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ticky-tack},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}