--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- 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.)
Yes, that was my take on the word. That it, by implication, disparages the owners or designers. And thats what prompted me to make the post bringing the word to light. Again, I don't find it a great sin to say something is tacky, but it does appear symptematic of a number of things which I found useful to explore regarding judgemental views and expectations. 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/
