But Marie-Thérèse Lyoc charges ahead, a saleswoman carrying shopping bags full of tacky items for the zoo's gift shop: mini-magnets for the fridge, pencils with the heads of parrots and bears.
Walking through the storybook cobblestone streets of Portsmouth, N.H., with my family last weekend, we strolled past a novelty shop with assorted tacky items prominently displayed on the sidewalk outside the storefront.
Tacky items will only take away from the over all appearance.
These look fine enough on T-shirts, but tend to look much cheaper (and tackier, depending on the item of clothing) than designs that are actually sewn into the fabric, and don't hold up as well to multiple washings.
Some people regard personalized items as tacky or cheap.
Hot glue and tacky glue, both common items around the house, are not good for your scrapbooking project.
Nobody likes to ask the price when specials are recited, especially with guests, yet when the waiter states the price for each item it sounds tacky.
Only these items, some as tacky as a bridesmaid dress with purple flowers and hair curlers glued to the back, are not for sale.
EVERY summer in Chicago, most neighborhoods put on their own street fair, with generally the same mix of homogeneous items: cheap sunglasses, tacky art, deep-fried food and music by local bands.
You might notice that getting rid of one clothing item makes your outfit look less tacky.
Not that I blame her, some of the clown suits designed for girls must be a designer dare with superfluous bows and tacky flowers to drive home the point that you are, in fact, purchasing a girl's item.
