From www.m-w.com (Merriam-Webster Online)
"ticky-tacky:
sleazy or shoddy material used especially in the construction of look-alike tract houses; also : something built of ticky-tacky"
Also: "1 : of an uninspired or monotonous sameness
2 : tacky
3 : built of ticky-tacky "
It was a song written originally by Malvina Reynolds in 1962, best known as someone above noted from the Pete Seeger version.
From www.m-w.com (Merriam-Webster Online) "ticky-tacky:
sleazy or shoddy material used especially in the construction of look-alike tract houses; also : something built of ticky-tacky" Also: "1 : of an uninspired or monotonous sameness 2 : tacky 3 : built of ticky-tacky "
It was a song written originally by Malvina Reynolds in 1962, best known as someone above noted from the Pete Seeger version.