artsy-fartsy

artsy-fartsy
/ahrt"see fahrt"see/, adj. Slang (vulgar).
arty.
Also, arty-farty /ahr"tee fahr"tee/.
[1975-1980; rhyming compound from ART1, FART, -SY]

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  • artsy-fartsy — art|sy fart|sy [ ,artsi fartsi ] adjective AMERICAN VERY INFORMAL someone who is artsy fartsy is always trying to show how interested they are in art …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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  • artsy-fartsy — adj pretentious, affected, more decorative than useful. A more vulgar parallel of the innocuous arty crafty , which is Edwardian in origin and was usually applied to the pseudo rustic, as in the Arts and Crafts design movement of the late 19th… …   Contemporary slang

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