Slang word of the day: chintzy

Today's slang word of the day is chintzy. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

chintzy

adjective

• poor quality; "second-rate".
  • See more words with the same meaning: bad, poor, sucks, common, generally displeasing
• of poor taste or style; "tacky".

  Luce rues that a middle-class home is crowded - only 700 square feet - and "cluttered with chintzy memorabilia" and heartbreakingly defiant messages on refrigerator magnets.
  
  -- "Post-Anti-Americanism", Newsweek, Howard Fineman, August 09 2010

  Hank: What's it like in there?
  
  Britt: ... It's actually kinda chintzy. They got flower petals on the ground and shit.
  
  -- "Asunder", Terriers (TV, 2010), Season 1 Episode 10

  • See more words with the same meaning: bad, poor, sucks, common, generally displeasing

-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)

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