Isn’t the word “tacky” just a classist slur?

[Anonymous]

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It is. Sometimes I feel it's used appropriately, and sometimes, as is the case for the "discussing finances is tacky" thread, very foolish and self-destructive.

In that case I think it’s just a synonym for “rude.” And you can debate whether or not it’s rude. But I don’t see the point of using a word that’s so inherently classist. In contrast, in the Beauty & Fashion board, it’s just straightforwardly an attack on not looking like you come from the right class, which is even worse.

People do have the choice to dress in a classy way like Michelle Obama and Jackie Kennedy, or they can try to emulate the Kardashians. If the latter, "tacky" fits.

Could be. But it’s also classist.

tacky (adj.2)
"in poor taste," 1888, from earlier sense of "shabby, seedy" (1862), adjectival use of tackey (n.) "ill-fed or neglected horse" (1800), later extended to persons in like condition, "hillbilly, cracker" (1888), of uncertain origin.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
It is. Sometimes I feel it's used appropriately, and sometimes, as is the case for the "discussing finances is tacky" thread, very foolish and self-destructive.

In that case I think it’s just a synonym for “rude.” And you can debate whether or not it’s rude. But I don’t see the point of using a word that’s so inherently classist. In contrast, in the Beauty & Fashion board, it’s just straightforwardly an attack on not looking like you come from the right class, which is even worse.

People do have the choice to dress in a classy way like Michelle Obama and Jackie Kennedy, or they can try to emulate the Kardashians. If the latter, "tacky" fits.

What I understood you to have said is, “it’s okay for me to be classist and use classist terminology when I am passing judgment on someone for looking, in my estimation, to be of low class.” Did I miss something?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
It is. Sometimes I feel it's used appropriately, and sometimes, as is the case for the "discussing finances is tacky" thread, very foolish and self-destructive.

In that case I think it’s just a synonym for “rude.” And you can debate whether or not it’s rude. But I don’t see the point of using a word that’s so inherently classist. In contrast, in the Beauty & Fashion board, it’s just straightforwardly an attack on not looking like you come from the right class, which is even worse.

People do have the choice to dress in a classy way like Michelle Obama and Jackie Kennedy, or they can try to emulate the Kardashians. If the latter, "tacky" fits.

What I understood you to have said is, “it’s okay for me to be classist and use classist terminology when I am passing judgment on someone for looking, in my estimation, to be of low class.” Did I miss something?

NP. Yes, we can all judge people and there are some generally-accepted standards above which are classy (sometimes more negatively called dated or old-fashioned or boring) and below which are tacky (sometimes more negatively called trash or classless etc.).

Making judgments about how people fit or do not fit into society isn't wrong, it's what people do.

[Anonymous]

Yes, this board loves to use classist slurs. Tacky, trashy, low-class, trailer trash, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
It is. Sometimes I feel it's used appropriately, and sometimes, as is the case for the "discussing finances is tacky" thread, very foolish and self-destructive.

In that case I think it’s just a synonym for “rude.” And you can debate whether or not it’s rude. But I don’t see the point of using a word that’s so inherently classist. In contrast, in the Beauty & Fashion board, it’s just straightforwardly an attack on not looking like you come from the right class, which is even worse.

People do have the choice to dress in a classy way like Michelle Obama and Jackie Kennedy, or they can try to emulate the Kardashians. If the latter, "tacky" fits.

What I understood you to have said is, “it’s okay for me to be classist and use classist terminology when I am passing judgment on someone for looking, in my estimation, to be of low class.” Did I miss something?

NP. Yes, we can all judge people and there are some generally-accepted standards above which are classy (sometimes more negatively called dated or old-fashioned or boring) and below which are tacky (sometimes more negatively called trash or classless etc.).

Making judgments about how people fit or do not fit into society isn't wrong, it's what people do.

Sure it is wrong! Judging a persons character by their superficial class indicators is the very definition of ignorance. People are also racist and cruel so not sure why you think morality has anything to do with “what people do”.

[Anonymous]

Yes this term is classist and really needs to be cancelled and go away.

It is discriminatory.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, this board loves to use classist slurs. Tacky, trashy, low-class, trailer trash, etc.

This board was the first place I heard anyone use the expression "the poors" to refer to non-wealthy people (not actual poor people, whose lives they have absolutely no understanding of, but people who live in houses that they think are insufficiently nice or can't afford private school or whatever nonsense. I have rarely seen such intense class enxiety in real life, and it's so incredibly ugly.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, this board loves to use classist slurs. Tacky, trashy, low-class, trailer trash, etc.

This board was the first place I heard anyone use the expression "the poors" to refer to non-wealthy people (not actual poor people, whose lives they have absolutely no understanding of, but people who live in houses that they think are insufficiently nice or can't afford private school or whatever nonsense. I have rarely seen such intense class enxiety in real life, and it's so incredibly ugly.

I try to find it funny but yeah

[Anonymous]

No, there is high class tacky behavior. Class status is not the indicator of good manners people think it is.

I do look down on the use of the word "trashy" for people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, this board loves to use classist slurs. Tacky, trashy, low-class, trailer trash, etc.

Personally I find anyone who uses these terms to embody that which they are critiquing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No, there is high class tacky behavior. Class status is not the indicator of good manners people think it is.

I do look down on the use of the word "trashy" for people.

Etymologically, this is not true. Trashy and tacky are synonyms.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
It is. Sometimes I feel it's used appropriately, and sometimes, as is the case for the "discussing finances is tacky" thread, very foolish and self-destructive.

In that case I think it’s just a synonym for “rude.” And you can debate whether or not it’s rude. But I don’t see the point of using a word that’s so inherently classist. In contrast, in the Beauty & Fashion board, it’s just straightforwardly an attack on not looking like you come from the right class, which is even worse.

People do have the choice to dress in a classy way like Michelle Obama and Jackie Kennedy, or they can try to emulate the Kardashians. If the latter, "tacky" fits.

What I understood you to have said is, “it’s okay for me to be classist and use classist terminology when I am passing judgment on someone for looking, in my estimation, to be of low class.” Did I miss something?

PP here. We are allowed to form opinions and express them about others who choose to be in the public eye, correct? Or are we required to use the descriptive terms of which you approve?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, this board loves to use classist slurs. Tacky, trashy, low-class, trailer trash, etc.

Personally I find anyone who uses these terms to embody that which they are critiquing.

Wow. So.... all the people criticizing political figures embody the descriptive terms they use?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
It is. Sometimes I feel it's used appropriately, and sometimes, as is the case for the "discussing finances is tacky" thread, very foolish and self-destructive.

In that case I think it’s just a synonym for “rude.” And you can debate whether or not it’s rude. But I don’t see the point of using a word that’s so inherently classist. In contrast, in the Beauty & Fashion board, it’s just straightforwardly an attack on not looking like you come from the right class, which is even worse.

People do have the choice to dress in a classy way like Michelle Obama and Jackie Kennedy, or they can try to emulate the Kardashians. If the latter, "tacky" fits.

What I understood you to have said is, “it’s okay for me to be classist and use classist terminology when I am passing judgment on someone for looking, in my estimation, to be of low class.” Did I miss something?

PP here. We are allowed to form opinions and express them about others who choose to be in the public eye, correct? Or are we required to use the descriptive terms of which you approve?

First, your PP wasn’t actually about “the public eye.” It was about people who “emulate” the Kardashians, not the actual Kardashians.

Second, I was young, people used the r word and “gay” to describe people’s dress and behavior. Now we don’t because those uses/words are understood as inappropriate. Both “tacky” and “trashy” should go the way of the r word.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No, there is high class tacky behavior. Class status is not the indicator of good manners people think it is.

I do look down on the use of the word "trashy" for people.

Etymologically, this is not true. Trashy and tacky are synonyms.

I can see how they would be used synonymously, but for me tacky = bad manners. I see more people use trashy to mean low class.