Gimcrack - a podcast by Word of the Day

Gimcrack is a noun that refers to something cheap and showy but of little use or an adjective that means showy but worthless.

Our word of the day’s origin is uncertain, but it seems to have common ground with words from Middle English that refer to furniture that is ornamental, but serves no practical purpose. Gimcrack has retained this same meaning today. For example: All those decorative gimcracks on Nigel’s guitar may have looked cute, but they didn’t disguise the fact that he wasn’t a very good player.

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