1. ticky tacky - Noun
2. ticky tacky - Adjective
ticky tacky (uncountable)
Alternative spelling of ticky-tacky (“shoddy construction material; tar paper”)
ticky-tacky (uncountable)
(US) Cheap, low-quality building material, especially as that used to make conventional suburban housing of a uniform design.
(US) Made of this material; cheaply built, of low quality.
(by extension) Inferior, minor, trivial.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgticky-tacky