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

[retro_geek]

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...

 

 

Comments

[butterfly-toast.livejournal.com]

Hmmmm...never heard of kitsch or kitschy for that matter?

Sorry?

Wait.....

[butterfly-toast.livejournal.com]

I KNOW WHAT IT IS!
'Kitschy' is that something is....hmmm....errr....like.....hrrrmmm....you know when.....oh.......now, here starts the sad music and the dragging feet away for the poor person who still doesn't have a clue.
Like those panto characters wavered off the stage and the gullable audience go 'Awwwwww' because it's stand up tradition.

Anyway......asked around....apparently to everyone here....kitschy is something that is novel and 'naf'.

Is that right or have I been 'barking up the wrong tree' like the incredibly insane 'bitch' that I am?

[chili-vs-lj.livejournal.com]

BETTY BOOP IS NOT KITSCH!!!!!!!!

*cries in the corner*