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Discover LudwigThe phrase "as tacky" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that is considered cheap, gaudy, or in poor taste, often in a comparative context.
Example: "The decorations at the party were as tacky as the ones from last year's event."
Alternatives: "as gaudy" or "as cheap-looking".
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On the upside, it's not as tacky as Land's End.
The crackle is almost as tacky as the toes that are about to disappear into winter.
But he is dismissive of other preachers, like Koko Liem, whom he sees as "tacky".
Too much can be as tacky as a 'La Cage Aux Folles' parade".
"They can be as tacky as they like, except for one thing," he added.
Weddings are occasionally magical and beautiful, but they can also be as tacky as visiting Santa Claus in a mall.
Using Twitter, she said: "I've seen tacky people … but rarely seen someone as tacky as ElizabethLauten for slamming the children of the POTUS".
Only these items, some as tacky as a bridesmaid dress with purple flowers and hair curlers glued to the back, are not for sale.
For the first couple of miles, it runs along a dingy beach studded with looming odd-shaped boulders -- as crowded as a rush-hour subway station and as tacky as Coney Island.
Tender loin mingles with dark-streaked belly and bits of skin, which are as tacky as taffy on one side and so crunchy on the other that they pose a chewing hazard.
Wrapped in a strange little metallic pocket like those fluorescent lollies you had as a kid, it feels as tacky as a Kinder Egg toy.
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