ticky-tack en · NOUN
Etymology
Probably a back-formation from ticky-tacky (adjective).
Meanings
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(uncountable) Something of low value; (by extension) something meaningless or insignificant.
But why should we have to struggle against this garbagy tide of cheap rip-off ticky-tack, when we could be drinking the wine of paradise even now under our own vine & fig tree?
2003, Hakim Bey, T.A.Z.: The Temporary Autonomous Zone:
Synonyms
bag of shells · niff-naff · picayune · tack · cheapo · bagatelle · trifle · toy · ticky-tack · minuity · triviality · whiffle · fig · cheapie · dicky-bird · flyspeck · cheapie · dicky · fico · ticky-tack · flamfew · flyspeck · tawdry · white chip · scuddick · sop · trick · cheapo · bric-a-brac · triviality