ticky-tack

noun

ticky-tack

noun

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

1

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?2003, Hakim Bey, T.A.Z.: The Temporary Autonomous Zone:

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