One word

Kitsch

Word of the day on 11 January 2010.

Winning tweet

64
Points
JonPowles
Real men don't tweet kitsch

Good uses

  • harrarp
    57
    Points
    Pretentious art lovers. If you can't stand the heat, stay out of the kitsch.
  • tama001
    52
    Points
    Most people like kitsch tweet more than the art tweet. That's the way the world goes... #artwiculate
  • TiddK
    51
    Points
    Calm down Robin! We're already wearing capes, tights, Bat hoods & masks - what can The Kitsch-er possibly do to us?
  • lithiumzombie
    51
    Points
    All that glitters is not kitsch.
  • kado56
    50
    Points
    There once was a fella called Mitch/His ma was a mistress of kitsch/His papa was keen/on objects obscene/& Mitch never knew which was which
  • marcosarroyos
    49
    Points
    Kitsch by any other name would be as cheap.
  • osmarjardim
    46
    Points
    Son-of-a-kitsch.
  • ultracutebot
    42
    Points
    Kitsch Preservation - Leave EVERYTHING in the original plastic, & if it didn't come in plastic, wrap it in plastic!
  • californiakara
    40
    Points
    Kitsch is in the eye of the beerholder.
  • docrajen
    40
    Points
    Have money splurge~ buy and collect kitsch~ stupidity is infinite .
  • caslexplorers
    40
    Points
    She dragged him around the city all Saturday afternoon. She called it antiquing. He called it kitsch hiking.
  • navinsasikumar
    39
    Points
    I don't like kitsch. Does that make me a philistine?
  • petegoodlet
    39
    Points
    My itch for kitsch has caused a rash of inappropriate purchases.
  • emmaexpress
    38
    Points
    St Upid Tat - patron saint of all things kitsch.
  • MaryJenkins
    37
    Points
    "My kitsch or yours?" demurred Lady Gaga to her reflection.
  • DrMobs
    35
    Points
    Michaelangelo's statuary portrays frozen movement of beautiful musculature. To see only marble would be both kitsch and tragic.
  • catmar604
    35
    Points
    I once called a Rembrandt kitsch. Egg all over my face.
  • K_Geddings
    35
    Points
    As pretentious as it was, Miss Kitsch only married Mr Onomatopoeia for the vowels. She was not prepared for all of the hullabaloo.
  • goldenskye
    35
    Points
    Ever noticed a correlation between gifts and kitsch and kin?
  • DaveCurry
    35
    Points
    The tourist found a cliché Mona Lisa ashtray, a camp Mona Lisa lamp, and a kitsch Mona Lisa cross stitch, but couldn't find the Louvre.
  • lagadu123
    35
    Points
    Ugliness, Garishness and Kitsch : purveyors of sundry clichés
  • Ysabeluna
    35
    Points
    my friend broke up with her boyfriend she said "he is a kitsch and tell"
  • dmriver
    32
    Points
    I had no ideas about kitsch, but now I have been summoned to the museum gift shop!
  • Tralala56
    32
    Points
    Kitsch, now that's rich!
  • bwlight
    32
    Points
    It was Colonel Mustard, in the kitsch en with a glittery gold candlestick. @artwiculate #artwiculate
  • AdeleWard
    31
    Points
    You know love has ended when everything the other person admires looks like kitsch .... #Artwiculate
  • changememe
    31
    Points
    "Don't kvetch about the kitsch" she said, clutching her stick-to-the-wall kitchen penguin radio defensively #artwiculate
  • StCh9136
    30
    Points
    She's a bitch of a kitsch, anything and everything goes.
  • pn8r
    30
    Points
    The shards of our shattered dreams become the kitsch of our consciousness. #soundsprofound
  • celticgladiator
    29
    Points
    I like kitsch up on my french fries
  • SJHatzi
    29
    Points
    Is there immortal kitsch? Is there kitsch which transcends time, language & ethnicity? Kitsch which makes one glad to be alive?
  • Eridanus
    28
    Points
    Bond hefted a Milan cathedral replica, the usual tourist kitsch. It was small, heavy, spiky - and deadly if thrown accurately.
  • sk3373r
    28
    Points
    There's a toilet seat sitting in the Philadelphia art museum. I'm telling you, kitsch these days ...
  • DrJillZ
    28
    Points
    @artwiculate Dogs Playing Poker sold for $590400 at auction. I kitsch you not. http://bit.ly/5XvKlf
  • tWordBird
    27
    Points
    St. Kitsch - The saint whose statue is particularly-cheap & tasteless ...purposely.
  • treesahquiche
    26
    Points
    Peddler's Village is sickening kitsch, which tourists and suburbanite consumers eat up because they don't know better.
  • snatchbeast
    26
    Points
    I fucking hate kitsch

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