--- In [email protected], Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <snip> > I really don't see a problem with > saying it was tacky. I just didn't like it. If someone > else liked it I certainly wasn't going to argue with > them! I'd say, "Oh" and leave it at that. Two > different preferences.
Donning my editorial hat, because I suspect this disagreement has to do with definitions: "Tacky" generally means "in poor taste." Other uses, according to my dictionary, are "cheap showiness," "lack of style," and "lack of good breeding" (in connection with behavior). So it really isn't a vanilla/chocolate sort of term; if used to describe the decor of someone's home, it's an implicit putdown of that person's taste (or of anybody's taste who likes the decor). (It can also mean "seedy" or "shabby," in which case it may not be a putdown, e.g., if the person is too poor to afford anything better, but that obviously doesn't apply here.) To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
