artsy-fartsy (also arty-farty)

πŸ“– Definitions

adjective

Pretentiously artistic or sophisticated.

πŸ’¬ Usage Examples

β€œHe isn’t serving arty-farty flourishes of distilled wotnot to attract food snobs.” Grace Dent; The Packhorse Inn; The Guardian (London, UK); Jul 5, 2019. β€œAn optimist will say that we may be entering a new golden age of accessible and activist poetic writing, one that actually, unlike artsy-fartsy poetry, serves a political function.” Russell Smith; Poetics in the Age of the Twitter Rant; The Globe and Mail (Toronto, Canada); Jan 19, 2019.
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