What is tinsel?

Tinsel Bokeh
Originally uploaded by alphazeta

Ok, it's time to let the internet choose our next question, I'll search for a random word like tinsel, and we'll see what the first question I see happens to be... "What is tinsel?" (That's not quite as original as the "stitches" search ended up.)

Tinsel is angel hair made into ropes.

Tinsel is ugly.

Tinsel is unfriendly.

A weapon used in Christmas-time crimes?

It's derived from the French word for glimmer!

Tinsel goes on Christmas trees. (The boring-person answer.)