fancy-pants

πŸ“– Definitions

noun

Someone attractive, silly, or pretentious.

adjective

Snobbish; pretentious; newfangled; overly complicated.

πŸ’¬ Usage Examples

β€œLet’s concentrate on the ones that make it, not waste space on some damn fancy-pants New Yorker who wants to make a big splash by dragging her old ideas to a new location.” Lucy Burdette; Death with All the Trimmings; Obsidian; 2014. β€œWell, it’s not as accurate as DNA testing, but hey, it’s what they used to use before all these fancy-pants tests.” B.J.
Daniels; A Woman with a Mystery; Harlequin; 2001.
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