Usage of "cheesy"

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What are the different uses of the word "cheesy"? As in

That movie is cheesy. So-and-So is being cheesy. ..

Would it be fair to say in that a lot of time the word "cheesy", in the usage above, is a euphematic way of expressing snobbery? Or do folks feel it is just someone saying, "booh" based on personal preference?

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[nq:1]What are the different uses of the word "cheesy"? As in That movie is cheesy. So-and-So is being cheesy. .. ... a euphematic way of expressing snobbery? Or do folks feel it is just someone saying, "booh" based on personal preference?[/nq]
'Cheesy', to me, means 'poor quality' or 'cheap'. A "cheasy movie" would be a movie that was obviously made on a VERY low budget.

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[nq:1]What are the different uses of the word "cheesy"? As in That movie is cheesy. So-and-So is being cheesy. .. ... a euphematic way of expressing snobbery? Or do folks feel it is just someone saying, "booh" based on personal preference?[/nq]
Snobbery has nothing to do with it, IMHO. If only because the images the word conjures in this usage are decidedly low-class.

The image is that of a really unpleasantly smelly cheese, and is an extension of "that stinks!"

Or, a really bad pizza made with too much salt, too much grease, and too much bland, chewy cheese. It a cheap and ultimately unsatisfying meal.

-- Adam Maass

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[nq:1]What are the different uses of the word "cheesy"? As in That movie is cheesy. So-and-So is being cheesy. .. ... a euphematic way of expressing snobbery? Or do folks feel it is just someone saying, "booh" based on personal preference?[/nq]
To me, "cheesy" means "unintentionally hyperbolic". A movie is cheesy when it is bad but doesn't have fun with the badness.

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[nq:1]'Cheesy', to me, means 'poor quality' or 'cheap'. A "cheasy movie" would be a movie that was obviously made on a VERY low budget.[/nq]
Like all Arnie movies since the late 80s?
Phil

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[nq:2]'Cheesy', to me, means 'poor quality' or 'cheap'. A "cheasy movie" would be a movie that was obviously made on a VERY low budget.[/nq]
[nq:1]Like all Arnie movies since the late 80s?[/nq]
I just heard that he's going to stand for office. Is Terminator 3 a flop already?

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[nq:2]Like all Arnie movies since the late 80s?[/nq]
[nq:1]I just heard that he's going to stand for office.[/nq]
Naah, being here, he'll run for office.
[nq:1]Is Terminator 3 a flop already?[/nq]
I wouldn't know.

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Manuel (Fawlty Towers)

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[nq:2]Like all Arnie movies since the late 80s?[/nq]
[nq:1]I just heard that he's going to stand for office. Is Terminator 3 a flop already?Considering the vulnerability of the American public to odd impressions he might be accused of machine politics.[/nq]
Jan Sand

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[nq:2]What are the different uses of the word "cheesy"? As ... it is just someone saying, "booh" based on personal preference?[/nq]
[nq:1]'Cheesy', to me, means 'poor quality' or 'cheap'. A "cheasy movie" would be a movie that was obviously made on a VERY low budget.[/nq]
Has "cheesy" replaced "chintzy"? Maybe it has. Chintzy came from being made of cheap, shiny fabric, chintz.

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