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He feels conflicted about using the word “queer” to categorize his work, but only largely because he does not want his pieces to be reduced to tacky, “kitsch-ified” representations of Latinidad.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

We get the sense that her old work had impact; her new stuff is vapid and tacky.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026

The trinket must be tacky, useless and tasteless, said Green.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026

The 22-year-old from Fife accepts that sometimes black and white shoots can feel "pretentious and tacky", but from watching the trailer, Spider-Noir feels different.

From BBC ● May 27, 2026

“Isn’t that wild? It’s better than all of that tacky crepe paper. I did buy some crepe paper, but nothing that I could do with it satisfied me.”

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

But the idea of switching to a ball with a tackier surface, like those used in Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball, seemed to take hold as a potential, easy-to-implement solution.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 1, 2022

MLB is moving toward a new rub for baseballs that will lead to tackier surfaces, which many pitchers have sought, especially the crackdown on unauthorized substances began June 21.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 18, 2021

"We actually have a couple of options in terms of tackier balls," Manfred said.

From Fox News ● Nov. 18, 2021

Is it tackier to say something or nothing?

From Slate ● Jan. 14, 2020

Near the sidelines he planted his left leg to stiff-arm a tackier.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger

It’s the most wonderful — and tackiest — night of the year at the Anthem, where members of the National Symphony Orchestra perform classic holiday melodies while wearing ugly holiday sweaters.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 23, 2021

Why should the best show people somehow keep making the dullest, tackiest hodgepodge of a show?

From New York Times ● Jun. 2, 2021

On Today, Manigault Newman interrupted host Savannah Guthrie several times to plug Unhinged in the tackiest possible way, once accusing Guthrie of not reading the book closely enough.

From Slate ● Aug. 13, 2018

As the name suggests, guests are invited to wear the ugliest, tackiest holiday gear they can find.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2017

So, whatever, we’d shopped for fudge, we’d looked at wind socks, and finally we went into a tourist shop and tried on the tackiest bathing suits we could find.

From "We Were Liars" by E. Lockhart