brummagem
101meretricious — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. gaudy, flashy, loud, pretentious; see ornate 1 , specious . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Tastelessly showy: brummagem, chintzy, flashy, garish, gaudy, glaring, loud, tawdry, tinsel. Informal: tacky2. See STYLE …
102Brummie — Brum|mie [ˈbrʌmi] n BrE informal [Date: 1900 2000; Origin: Brummagem, old name of Birmingham] someone from the city of Birmingham in England >Brummie adj …
103Brummy — n, adj British a. (someone) from Birmingham. From the city s nickname Brummagem. b. the speech of Birmingham …
104Brummie, Brummy — n, adj British a. (someone) from Birmingham. From the city s nickname Brummagem. b. the speech of Birmingham …
105academic — Having to do with the affairs or ways of academies, or works of art that were done according to established, traditional ways. Also see academician, academy, bad art, brummagem, kitsch, secession, and teacher …
106camp — Those parts of popular culture commonly considered kitsch, artificial, vulgar, or banal, but which acquire contemporary appreciation, especially which are the most artificial and exaggerated. The things enjoying the attention of camp taste… …
107derivative — Unoriginal. Owing too much to one or more other artists work(s). This term is almost always used disparagingly, even though it must be admitted that a high percentage of the art we see is derived from images their producers have seen. Newness… …
108gewgaw — Showy but valueless. Rapidly trifling. One of the many words in English for miscellaneous objects or nondescript junk, which also includes nickknack, trinket, doodad, whatnot, and tchotchke. (pron. GYOO gaw, or GOO gaw) Also see bad art,… …
109low art — Refers to the lesser or minor arts, including the decorative or applied arts, with the inference that these are low partly because of shoddy manufacturing in inferior materials of superficial kitsch, simply catering to popular taste,… …
110pinchbeck — n. Brummagem, sham …
