Southernism of the Day

Tacky

adjective: inappropriate, rude; gaudy

Example

Betty Sue: "Earlene showed up to Family Night Supper at the church without a covered dish!" Betty Mae: "That's so tacky."

or "Did you see that tacky shirt JD has on? I bet his wife doesn't know he's wearin' that."

1 comment:

Crazy For Yarn In Alabama said...

Oh yeah....definitely use this one...the ultimate of course being "tacky, tacky, tacky"....repeated quickly, 3 times but with a shaking of the head accompanied! That is expression of the ULTIMATE tackiness!!! LOL!!!

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