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There's a word for cheap manufactured art but I can't remember it and it's almost impossible to search for a word like that. Does anyone know what it is off the top of their head?

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Could it be a knockoff? – Mahnax May 11 '12 at 23:09
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Or kitsch? Any hints, like how long it was or what letter it started with? – RegDwighт♦ May 11 '12 at 23:19
@RegDwight: I usually understand kitsch as pre-war cheap mass-produced "art-deco". Post-war we had pop-art, and nowadays I suppose it's bling. – FumbleFingers May 11 '12 at 23:28
I'd like to use it to describe these worthless junk art images that keep getting shared on fb – Chris May 11 '12 at 23:34
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Kitsch might just possibly be the word.

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Tat is the word I use, though imprecisely.

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