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A.Word.A.Day--kitsch Pronunciation: WAV or RealAudio kitsch (kich) noun 1. Art or artwork characterized by sentimental, often pretentious bad taste. The aesthetic or mentality in which such art is conceived or appreciated. 2. Culture or civilization in a degraded state of sentimentality and vulgarity. adjective Relating to or characterized by kitsch. [German, probably of dialectal origin.] "Survivors were naturally eager to forget the grimness, and she suggests that they were helped in this by kitsch war poetry and by heroic military films." Hearing silence, Economist, Oct 28, 2000. This week's theme: words from the German language. X-Bonus Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts. -Charles Dickens, novelist (1812-1870)

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