artsy
[ahrt-see]
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Origin of artsy
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Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018
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Contemporary Examples
They are unapologetically uncool, the men in white nylon jumpsuits and the women in “artsy” drop earrings.
Sneer and Clothing in Miami: Inside The $3 Billion Woodstock of Contemporary ArtJay Michaelson
December 6, 2014
I hang out with artsy theater people, with angry political activists, and with nerds of all stripes.
I was making a bunch of short films in high school and was kind of artsy, so I always knew I wanted to go to art school.
[Tatum laughs] Like I found the three other artsy goth kids at Boulder and hung out with them.
Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill on ‘22 Jump Street,’ Penis Kissing, and Julie Andrews’s BoobsKevin Fallon
June 10, 2014
But even at Boulder I found the artsy kids and hung out with them.
Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill on ‘22 Jump Street,’ Penis Kissing, and Julie Andrews’s BoobsKevin Fallon
June 10, 2014
Word Origin and History for artsy
adj.
"pretentiously artistic," 1902, from arts (see art (n.)); originally especially artsy-craftsy, with reference to the arts and crafts movement; always more or less dismissive or pejorative; artsy-fartsy was in use by 1971.
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