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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. The state or quality of being tacky; stickiness, as of a partially dried surface of oil or varnish.

Wiktionary

  1. n. The state of being tacky

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. the property of being cohesive and sticky
  2. n. tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar

Examples

  • “Steve Jobs described Microsoft products as “tacky” and anybody who has used a Macintosh computer will instantly understand what he means by that – the tackiness is multi-faceted and runs deep in the Microsoft product.”

    The new construction collaboration era « pwcom 2.0

  • “In these tough times too many of us are showing ourselves to be prone to negativity, avarice and just plain tackiness.”

    WH: Obama to get more directly involved in health care talks

  • “One of Mr. Lucas's particular achievements is the manner in which he is able to recall the tackiness of the old comic strips and serials he loves without making a movie that is, itself, tacky.”

    Archive 2004-09-01

  • “Clustrmaps responded with: ....on the grounds that (1) you're in the educational world and would probably prefer zero advertising, and (2) this may help reduce our 'tackiness' score, we'll give you a free upgrade to ClustrMaps+ status, which means no more advertising and (starting in a few days) better maps zoomed in to the various continents.”

    Archive 2006-10-01

  • “*HOWEVER*, on the grounds that (1) you're in the educational world and would probably prefer zero advertising, and (2) this may help reduce our 'tackiness' score, we'll give you a free upgrade to ClustrMaps+ status, which means no more advertising and (starting in a few days) better maps zoomed in to the various continents.”

    Web2.0 Hyperlink Whirl!

  • “The Lindens have done every possible thing they can do to kill this kind of resident-organized public gathering for a whole host of reasons ranging from the campaigning of a few third-party website barons who hate it when the economy doesn't move through their servers, and esthetes offended by popular culture and the "tackiness" of yard sales.”

    Civicus

  • “Timmy Ryan: It's not the technology aspect Barry; it's the "tackiness", and an obvious attempt to try to sound cool and hip - ...”

    The 9513

  • “Although thousands were built, the homes have never enjoyed much love from Vancouver residents for the way they look, and the term Vancouver Special is usually used as a derogatory reference meant to reflect the cheap tackiness that the style is known for.”

    Vancouver Special Renovation by Iconstrux Architecture

  • “Despite the tackiness, TS DOES get a huge traffic volume, which is what any vendor wants.”

    Times Square To Allow Street Vending in the Pedestrian Plaza | Midtown Lunch - Finding Lunch in the Food Wasteland of NYC's Midtown Manhattan

  • “The fights involve a lot of slo-mo midair spins and a lot of wince-inducing contact, especially in that sequence where Zen battles an epileptic whose seizures make his attacks unpredictable, a sequence that raises the tackiness to unprecedented levels.”

    Archive 2009-07-01

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‘tackiness’ has been looked up 364 times, and has a Scrabble score of 15.