It seems that today's sophisticated modern audiences are comfortable with the idea of women being treated as objects, but not with them having tacky names, too.
And the American decorator Billy Baldwin was even more dismissive: "Most of the Mill was awfully tacky, but that's what Wallis had — tacky Southern taste, much too overdone, much too elaborate and no real charm".
The change has a tacky feel to it, as donor renamings often do.
Even ABC Family, the wholesome cable channel, has a tacky reality series beginning Sunday.
I am rarely disappointed unless a place has become tacky or overbuilt and devoid of character.
Phi Phi Don has a tacky seafront that is home to many a massage stall, tour operator and western bar.
It has a tacky, malleable texture that's easy to cut out, and doesn't spread too much during baking, making the shapes attractively sharp.
The formula has a tacky, almost gluey consistency due to a high concentration of lanolin, a natural wax collected from the wool of sheep, that adds a layer of protection to seal up cracks and plump lips.
Ever since Donald Trump first appeared in the 1970s, he has seemed tacky, an archetypal Ugly American in an ill-fitting suit.
pungens, reported only from mixed forests in Michigan, is similar but has a tacky surface that soon dries, a dull ochraceous to ochraceous-tan cap with an ochraceous-tawny center.
