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From kitchen sink + -y. Sense 1 alludes to the phrase everything but the kitchen sink, sense 2 to the phrase kitchen sink realism.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: Encompassing an excessively broad range of features or elements, often leading to diminished efficiency or reduced practical utility. Full definition →
From kitchen sink + -y. Sense 1 alludes to the phrase everything but the kitchen sink, sense 2 to the phrase kitchen sink realism.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.