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retro_geek ([personal profile] retro_geek) wrote2004-11-03 03:27 pm

the official 'oxford advanced learners dictionary' definition...

kitsch  
noun:
art, decorative objects or design considered by many people to be ugly, lacking in style, or false but enjoyed by other people, often because they are funny:
His home's full of 1950's kitsch.

kitschy   adjective:
a kitschy gilt-framed mirror
.

i.e: Betty Boop, leopard skin washing-up gloves, and Elvis toothbrushes.

 

Surly  i cant be the only person in the whole bloody year who knows what kitsch is????

 

Blimey, i really don't fit in...

 


 

Re: Wait.....

[identity profile] retro-geek.livejournal.com 2004-11-08 09:18 am (UTC)(link)
Yuppity yup, your right! The only time in the world when being "naff" is a good thing...