The phrase "a tacky one" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that is considered cheap, gaudy, or lacking in good taste.
Example: "The decorations for the party were a tacky one, with clashing colors and overly flashy designs."
Alternatives: "a cheesy one" or "a gaudy one."
"Let's face it," she writes, "a modern audience can barely tell a tasteful gown from a tacky one".
The risk of trying to film such scenes, of course, is that you reduce the novels to fancy-dress balls -- and let's face it, a contemporary audience can barely tell a tasteful gown from a tacky one.
Still, the next time David Letterman does his regular "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" routine, with exalted sound bites from former presidents followed by a tacky one from Mr. Bush, you'll know that "Our long national nightmare is over" were Robert Hartmann's words before they were Ford's.
Transforming a rape scene into a sex joke makes an ugly moment into a tacky one and would seem the definition of not getting it.
It was fashionable in the 80's to look at Versace as a house with its own vocabulary but tacky one, an acquired taste.
Sometimes, we'd set out the table, but more often than not we'd sit in front of the TV with our dinner trays (mine was a tacky metallic one commemorating Charles and Diana's wedding).
"This is the tacky one, the Sunday brunchy one," she said.
The third Patsy Ramsey is a conspicuous fake, played by the soap opera actress Judi Evans Luciano in the tacky one-hour Fox drama "Getting Away With Murder: The JonBenet Ramsey Story," tossed on the air last week to beat the mini-series.
The 1970's provided both worthy prototypes -- Paul Simon, Joni Mitchell -- and tacky ones.
Get cute headbands- not tacky ones.
Shoes: Just stay away from tacky ones.
