Artistic rubbish or gaudy trash. Kitsch derives from an old German word meaning to throw together. Kitsch means any artwork which is thrown together chiefly to satisfy popular taste, rather than to state anything of high moral value or to advance a new aesthetic -- plastic Madonnas, Disneyland, Muzak, hamburger stands shaped like hamburgers. In our super ironic Simpsons time it can be cool to be kitsch and listen to lounge music drinking martinis from plastic glasses. Of course in our hyper-aware build the star so you can eat them times its sometimes kitsch to be Jeff Koons hip kitsch.