Something Kitsch

Merriam-Webster

Main Entry: kitsch
Pronunciation: 'kich
Function: noun
Etymology: German
: something that appeals to popular or lowbrow taste and is often of poor quality
- kitsch adjective
- kitschy /'ki-chE/ adjective

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kitsch ( P ) Pronunciation Key (kch)
n.
Sentimentality or vulgar, often pretentious bad taste, especially in the arts: “When money tries to buy beauty it tends to purchase a kind of courteous kitsch” (William H. Gass).
An example or examples of kitsch.

adj.
Of, being, or characterized by kitsch: “The kitsch kitchen... has aqua-and-white gingham curtains and rubber duck-yellow walls painted in a fried-egg motif” (Suzanne Cassidy).

Yet, kitsch recently developed into a word of beauty used to describe the arts. Like something so tacky that you can't help but love it (i.e. rubber duckies). However, there are Kitsch songs like Like A Virgin and Thriller and YMCA and there are kitsch movies The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Glitter. It has evolved into a compliment.

What is kitsch to you?

Music: Lady Marmalade - Christina Aguilera, Mya, Pink and Lil' Kim