Tchotchke 

A small piece of worthless crap, a decorative knick knack with little or no purpose.

Side note: Chotchkie can be pretty, sentimental, or even occasionally useful though it usually breaks easily if useful. If you are having trouble identifying Tchotchke just look around your house or someone else's and whatever you see that a burgler wouldn't steal is probably Tchotchke.

Fake fruit, a ceramic frog containing candy, pretty much anything purchased at a dollar store, costume jewelry, etc. Of Yiddish etymology and referenced by Phoebie on the TV show friends.

Meg loved her cow figurine collection, but Dave thought it was useless Tchotchke.

Tchotchke by Robin and Stephany November 19, 2007

tchotchke 

Tchotchke is from Yiddish tshatshke, trinket, ultimately of Slavic origin. It is also spelled tsatske.

I'm going nuts with my mother's accumulation of tchotchkes - it's bad enough she never parted with one she got as a gift - but why did she have to buy more?
--Quoted in "Artifacts of Life," Newsday, December 9, 1996

tchotchke by Five_Fingers February 1, 2005

tchotchke 

A cheap trinket.

The flea market is full of tchotchkes.

tchotchke by tradesman July 19, 2003

tchotchke 

Piece of crap that people at trade shows fight over, mostly pens and coffee mugs.

The last trade show I went to had the same old tchotchkes on every table.

tchotchke by Zippy the Pinhead June 26, 2003

Tchotchke 

N. Something of no value that didn't necessarily not cost money. Worthless crap. Normally purchased impulsively or collected for free.

Alex: "Hey, I heard there giving out free magnets when you buy a $800 washer at the mall! Lets go buy two!"
Kurt: "Why would you want to drive half way across town to the mall to pay $800 for a washer you don't need and a tchotchke you'll throw out!?!"
Alex: "It's free!"

Tchotchke by AlexPeterson09 May 28, 2010

tchotchke 

a 24 ounce can of beer.

Lets go to jill's house and pick up a couple tchotchkes on the way.

tchotchke by AL3C1 May 8, 2007

de-tchotchke 

De-tchotchke: to rid one's abode of extraneous gee-gaws or crap that's lying around collecting dust.

In an effort to present a minimalist interior, Sue learned to de-tchotchke by eliminating annoying mementos.

de-tchotchke by Savavieh805 May 9, 2013