What determines something as common and tacky

Everything except crocs Esspee I wouldn't be without mine.

Peardrop it’s Pirate Nite on Friday....but we could do Posh Nite the week after? I have an old tweed skirt belonging to granny somewhere.

I do have fun though?

I seem to figure in about 25 of your list Espee ?

Common and tacky

Body piercings
Tattoos
Long talons
Nail varnish other than ballet slipper or french manicure
Overdone make up
Trout pout
Tight clothes
Unnatural/badly coloured hair
Botox frozen faces
Short skirts paired with low cut tops
Short skirts with fat legs
Smoking
Swearing
Being loud and aggressive
Intoxication
White high heeled shoes
Crocs
Eating in the street
Clothes with designer names on them
Handbags, luggage with designer names showing
Wearing track suits unless participating in sport
Men bareback unless on the beach, swimming pool, private gardens etc.
Women in swimwear unless on the beach, swimming pool, private gardens etc.
Builders bum
Low slung trousers showing underwear
Exposed beer belly
Bra straps showing
Sprayed on trousers/leggings unless on a slim body
Fluorescent clothing except for visibility reasons
Sparkly clothing on adults with exception of party clothes
Chewing gum
Sharpie or dead caterpillar eyebrows
Eyebrows plucked and drawn on instead
Garden with tasteless statues such as mooning gnomes
Houses over decorated for Christmas etc.
Pimped cars
Selfies

Oh gosh have to see to dinner. This was fun.

Pinkcakes too - although of course your opinion is valid. I’m not suggesting my opinion is superior.

Oh no Kandinsky may I respectfully disagree. Most women (and men) choose their tattoos, or indeed design them, to be an expression of their individuality.

I think in the future people without tattoos will be in the minority. They are here to stay.

Common & tacky.......tattoos. ( especially on women )

Oh dahlings there is so much stuff the aspiring classes say that make ones toes curl

serviette instead of napkin
pardon instead of what
lounge instead of sitting room

not to mention pronunciation such as hounds should be pronounced hinds

then there's that awful little pinky whats it sticking up when one is drinking ones tea from ones china cup, no, no.

Lemon That was a jolly fun Aiya Napa night in The Argy Bargy Bar. Shall we do posh night in the future. Pearls and sensible shoes, not white and definitely not with coloured socks.

Common and tacky, to me:

Katie Price
Kerry Katona
unattractive men who walk around topless in the summer, tattoos (particularly on women)
people who walk around whilst eating and drinking
anyone wearing far too much make-up
massively long fingernails, often painted in garish colours.

It's human nature to find some things slightly offensive or 'tacky'. The way we were brought up I suppose. I remember some of the things already mentioned my mother would forbid as being common - eating in the street, girls smoking in the street (ok for men!) Too much make-up or any make-up till I was 16.

When I had my ears pierced aged about 13 my teacher said I looked like a tart and a gypsy - I assume that's common!

This all brings to mind Dolly Parton's statement "It's taken a lot of money to look this cheap" and don't think she done too badly for herself. A genuine good person who has never forgotten where she came from and has put a lot back into the community.

*kitsch - appreciated in an ironic or knowing way^

I don't think the person I knew who wore that combination would realise she was being kitsch.

I think common and tacky are silly definitions that should be ignored completely

Oh dear me the Bet Lynch look with animal print comes into fashion every so often, think with the new Beyonce video it will probably be be back in vogue.

sodapop

Callistemon love the tackiness of high heels with fluorescent socks - priceless

Is that not so tacky it spills over into kitch?

Callistemon love the tackiness of high heels with fluorescent socks - priceless

If I say something is common and tacky then it obviously is!

I saw the thread on MN as well and didn't they go on about Yankee candles and a certain brand of trainers.

quizqueen

Well, I'm quite happy to judge people as common and tacky by what they wear and how they conduct themselves. I think it is human nature to do so and the rest of you are being very uneconomical with the truth because you're all happy to make comments about anything!

Here's a list-for both sexes
dressing with boobs or stomach hanging out in too short a skirt if you haven't got the shape for it
dressing in any clothes which are far too tight.. see above
a multitude of tattoos and piercings
hair bleached to resemble straw and make up an inch thick with ridiculous false eyelashes
constantly shouting at your kids and they take no notice
leaving litter everywhere
having poor understanding of the most basic of general knowledge or current affairs
chewing gum and spitting it out
throwing fag ends on the floor
leaving dog poo for people to tread in....and so

I’m quite happy to agree with you ....and will add
Long false nails, more like talons
Eyebrows which resemble dark caterpillers
Eye poppingly awful ornaments ( my Grandmother was a sucker for those)?

lemongrove????

I f it weren`t for all the tacky/common stuff being bought,some poor Chinese/Asian folk would be starving and on the streets.
And yes Teetime you are spot on.

Lucca

I’ve not heard the word common used for about fifty years,

Saw a couple of young women on their way into town last Friday. Politely I would describe their figures as extremely ....um....generous, and their outfits (bright red hot pants and boob tube for example) as um....ill-advised
But I never said tacky or the other word.

That was me and Doodle on our way to The Argy Bargy Bar
Last Friday was Ayia Napia Nite.?

I get anxious when I am supposed to Like something whether on facebook or in real life. Someone says "isn't that gorgeous" when you think know it's hideous.
It's possibly the only time I am tempted to lie!