Low quality, cheap, inauthentic, crappy; fake. From cheese cloth, the thin cheap fabric used to drain cheese curd, and in the past sometimes used instead for proper cloth in cheap clothing.
(While feeling the fabric of a shirt on the rack) "This one feels a little cheesy." Hence any low-grade or fake product, tangible or not, offered to the public.
by TedC January 17, 2013
by Daddysbbg October 15, 2013
by Likemyvaginaclean July 09, 2018
1. Something that is unintentionally kitschy, tacky, or of poor quality, but these flaws go unnoticed by the admirers of said thing.
2. Something that was popular at some point in the past, but that now seems lame in retrospect.
2. Something that was popular at some point in the past, but that now seems lame in retrospect.
1. I can't believe you like Ashlee Simpson. Her music is so cheesy.
2. Hey, look at this picture of dad from 1975! Check out those sideburns and bellbottoms! That's so cheesy!
2. Hey, look at this picture of dad from 1975! Check out those sideburns and bellbottoms! That's so cheesy!
by bstokes June 13, 2006
1) Any form of entertainment (music, movies) or aesthetic (hair style, photo pose) that the status quo has deemed fully open to ridicule, usually with no explanation. More specifically, the status quo here being that of Generation X. "tacky" and "dated" are closely related words, but far from being exact synonyms.
2) Anything the speaker doesn't like, which makes it an immensely vague adjective
3) A term embraced by young self-proclaimed non-conformists, to hypocritically distinguish what they've been taught to dislike from what they've been taught to like
2) Anything the speaker doesn't like, which makes it an immensely vague adjective
3) A term embraced by young self-proclaimed non-conformists, to hypocritically distinguish what they've been taught to dislike from what they've been taught to like
"Family Ties? That show was so cheesy!"
"Ha ha ha...Cameron just bought these used hair metal CDs he found in the store. The CDs are so cheesy! In fact, we hated them so much, that we kept listening to them last night and singing along until 4 in the morning."
"Ha ha ha...Cameron just bought these used hair metal CDs he found in the store. The CDs are so cheesy! In fact, we hated them so much, that we kept listening to them last night and singing along until 4 in the morning."
by Bill M. July 24, 2004
Short term for grilled cheese on toast. Similar to a toastie, just one slice of bread with the cheese exposed.
Often (but not exclusively) the cheese is covering ham, chicken or vegemite.
Commonly used in Australia.
Often (but not exclusively) the cheese is covering ham, chicken or vegemite.
Commonly used in Australia.
by roomba2310 May 18, 2018
Something that is Cliché or overdone. Examples are livestrong bands, crank dat soulja boy, or outdated slang.
Cheesy Person: Hey Wazzup dawg!!??!? we in this shizzle
Me: That's so cheesy, ghetto people don't even talk like that
Me: That's so cheesy, ghetto people don't even talk like that
by Jersey Kid February 02, 2008