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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’ve seen “tacky” being thrown around a lot more often on this board. Sometimes to describe rude behavior, but also just to describe preferences/tastes associated with people who didn’t grow up in certain exclusive communities from certain preferred regions of the US.

Isn’t this just classist nastiness that we should do away with? Aren’t we as a society over praising people for being born in the right place and judging people too dumb to be born in a rich eastern seaboard town?[/quote]

I do not think you have the right hold on Tacky -- tacky does not depend on where you were born or grew up.  [/quote]

I don’t think you have a grip on the point I’m making. I’ve known plenty of class travelers who have sufficiently conformed their behavior to the “old money” aesthetic sufficiently to avoid being called tacky. But as for those who fall short, or even just don’t want to, this is an ugly word. [/quote]

Jerk and a$$hat are ugly words, but they are important monikers when one’s behavior warrants such use. [/quote]

True! And if that’s what you mean (or poorly mannered, or unkind) just say that. [b]Not terms loaded with classist connotations.[/b] [/quote]

Don't you need to continue working on your research paper?[/quote]

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