# TVLand's "Kitschen"?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tvlands-kitschen/125555>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 26, 2002, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tvlands-kitschen/125555 "2002-08-26T02:19:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2002, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tvlands-kitschen/125555/1 "2002-08-26T02:19:51Z")

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Does anyone get this spelling “Kitschen”? If it is a pun, it has eluded me! Can anyone explain? I don’t get it. - Jinx

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**Author:** ![grendel72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/91b2a8/32.png) [@grendel72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grendel72)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2002, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tvlands-kitschen/125555/2 "2002-08-26T02:21:52Z")

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“kitsch”, as in cheesy, tacky, campy.

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**Author:** ![widdershins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f0a364/32.png) [@widdershins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/widdershins)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2002, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tvlands-kitschen/125555/3 "2002-08-26T06:33:11Z")

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Just like the shows featured in the “Kitschen”. They’re telling you it’s guilty pleasure TV.

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**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2002, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tvlands-kitschen/125555/4 "2002-08-27T02:11:21Z")

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Excuse me, but can someone use “kitsch” in a sentence? Never heard of the word… They just taught English in my school. 😉 -Jinx

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**Author:** ![grendel72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/91b2a8/32.png) [@grendel72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grendel72)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2002, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tvlands-kitschen/125555/5 "2002-08-27T02:16:23Z")

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“That movie was so [kitschy](http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary).”

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**Author:** ![widdershins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f0a364/32.png) [@widdershins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/widdershins)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2002, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tvlands-kitschen/125555/6 "2002-08-27T02:23:04Z")

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or:

“I love to watch any film by John Waters, they’re pure kitsch.”