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Tuesday, July 17, 2012

October 19, 2012
gaudy • adjective

Something that's gaudy is showy, bright and definitely tacky. So think twice about that gaudy rainbow-colored suit and shiny gold shoes ensemble.

Gaudy is an adjective that means "ostentatious" — in other words, flashy and in your face, and not in a good way. Someone in a gaudy outfit is probably trying too hard to be cool and stylish. Gaudy evolved from the Middle English gaud “deception, trick” in the 1520’s. That word, in turn, came from gaudi, used to describe a “large, ornamental bead in a rosary.”

20 comments:

  1. There is alot of gaudy shoes.

    Paula bodan
    per 5&6
    mrs.foster

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  2. the majority of the kids in our school are gaudy


    Raul Alfonso
    Foster
    p.5

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  3. Many rappers of the group were gaudy.
    Shazira Alvarez
    Ms.Foster
    Period.05/06

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  4. Andy Dominguez
    Mrs.Foster
    Period 5 & 6
    When kids dress gaudy, it bothers me, for some reason i don't like it.

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  5. My fathers pants are very gaudy today.

    Cristian Hernandez
    Foster
    Per. 5

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  6. Marcelo Coppola (foster) P;5&6
    I laugh people dress gaudy, because i find it funny.

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  7. When my dad wears something really gaudy i can't think so i just start laughing.

    Dayanay Miranda (foster) P:5/6

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  8. When I go boating, I see people in gaudy boats.

    Julio Soto
    Period 1&2
    Mrs. Foster

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  9. my foamposites ar every guady .

    carlos garrido p 5 6 m,rs foster

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  10. I saw these golden shoes and they were so guady, it caught my attantion.

    melissa beltre, ms. foster, p:5&6

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  11. My sister's party dress was so gaudy.

    Lazaro Perez
    Period:5/6
    Foster

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  12. Maria's huge bracelet gaudy the whole room.

    Claudia Ordaz
    Ms.Allen
    Per.1,2

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  13. erika guevara p#3
    ms.allen
    I thought my bright yellow tie with the black shirt and the red jacket made a strikingly elegant outfit, but my wife said it was merely gaudy.

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  14. Nassir Hazim
    p. 1 and 2
    ms. allen
    Sometimes i like to gaudy my sexy dance moves to other people.

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  15. Don't wear gaudy clothes, because they make you look like a clown! Palacios Period 1

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  16. Yaneisy Ramos
    Ms.Allen
    Period#5&6

    Gaudy dyes were used for bright and vivid coloring making the pictures seem somewhat non-lifelike.

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  17. Mr Garcia & Mrs. Perez Period-1

    "Sometimes people use gaudy clothes because they want to have swag . "

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  18. Adriana Hernandez
    P:5&6
    A lot of people when they go to glow party they dress gaudy.

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  19. Gabriel Lopez
    Ms.Allen
    Period.5&6

    The colorful, if not gaudy packaging, with fancy graphics and cartoons, seems to be aimed at the younger market.

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  20. Do you mostly exclusively for your domain or maybe for other Internet or offline portals?

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