artsy-fartsy (also arty-farty)
π Definitions
adjective
Pretentiously artistic or sophisticated.
π¬ Usage Examples
βHe isnβt serving arty-farty flourishes of distilled wotnot to attract food snobs.β Grace Dent; The Packhorse Inn; The Guardian (London, UK); Jul 5, 2019. βAn 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.β Russell Smith; Poetics in the Age of the Twitter Rant; The Globe and Mail (Toronto, Canada); Jan 19, 2019.