Kitschy vs Chipper - What's the difference?
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Having the nature of kitsch.
* 2004': This is what his admirers go for: the gravelly grain of his film stock, the crowded monochrome of his compositions (the new film is mostly in black-and-white, with '''kitschy spasms of color), and the way in which light bounces and breathes from the faces of his players. — ''The New Yorker , 10 May 2004
Exhibiting a lively optimism; in high spirits, cheerful.
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(British, Ireland, slang) A fish and chips shop, or more generally a cheap fast food outlet, typically selling chips and other deep-fried foods.
(slang) A deep frier.
(US) A machine that reduces organic matter to compost; depending on size, whole tree trunks are reduced to sawdust; a woodchipper.
(US) (smoking) An occasional tobacco user, or more generally drug user.
A machine that chips potatoes ready to be fried and made into chips.
Someone who chips (e.g. wood)
A sportsman who chips the ball.
As adjectives the difference between kitschy and chipper
is that kitschy is having the nature of kitsch while chipper is exhibiting a lively optimism; in high spirits, cheerful.As a noun chipper is
(british|ireland|slang) a fish and chips shop, or more generally a cheap fast food outlet, typically selling chips and other deep-fried foods.As a verb chipper is
(uk|dialect) to chirp or chirrup.kitschy
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(wikipedia chipper)Etymology 1
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(en adjective)citation, page= , passage=The idea of a merchant selling both totems of pure evil and frozen yogurt (he calls it frogurt!) is amusing in itself, as is the idea that frogurt could be cursed, but it’s really the Shopkeeper’s quicksilver shift from ominous doomsaying to chipper salesmanship that sells the sequence.}}