kitsch
Example Sentences
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On TV, we had the White Heather Club - women in white frocks and tartan sashes dancing impossibly complicated reels and strathspeys; men in kilts playing accordions and singing kitsch songs about exile and nostalgia.
From BBC
She is one of the few public figures with seemingly bipartisan appeal, celebrated by some as a working-class Southern hero and venerated by others for her support for L.G.B.T.Q. rights and unapologetic kitsch.
From New York Times
A carnival of flocked velvet and gold braid, it integrates art and craft, glamour and kitsch, fantasy and hand-sewn reality.
From New York Times
The Olympics are nationalism and consumerism, urban development, politics, sexism and kitsch.
From Washington Post
The Telegraph said that it was “pure kitsch” with a “slightly Soviet vibe” but added that die-hard fans who “simply wanted a good old-fashioned statue of their heroine” got their wish.
From Washington Post
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