Tacky Tackier Tackiest

Updated Jan 2, 2009

tack·y [tak-ee] –adjective, tack·i·er, tack·i·est. 1. not tasteful or fashionable; dowdy, frumpish 2. shabby in appearance; shoddy, unbecoming, outmoded 3. crass; cheaply vulgar; tasteless; crude. 4. gaudy; flashy; showy, inelegant, 5. chintzy, glaring, loud, meretricious, tawdry, tinsel In terms of giving a memorable gift...you could do no worse than choose from this list. I mean it. These are wickedly awful gifts.

• boyfriend
• cheap
• chintzy
• flashy
• gag gift
• gaudy
• girlfriend
• shoddy