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tacky

1. mod. cheap; crude. That was a tacky thing to do to her.

2. mod. alcohol intoxicated. Tom was a little tacky, so he gave me his car keys.

ticky-tacky

(ˈtɪkitæki)

n. cheap and shabby material. Those houses are just made of ticky-tacky, and they won’t even be here in twenty years.