kitsch(kitsch)

Pronunciation:/kiCH, kɪtʃ/

noun

• art, objects, or design considered to be in poor taste because of excessive garishness or sentimentality, but sometimes appreciated in an ironic or knowing way:the lava lamp is an example of sixties kitsch

 

Origin:
German 1925;  < G, deriv. of kitschen  to throw together (a work of art)

—Related forms

kitschy, adjective

 

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