arty-farty

British  

adjective

1. informal artistic in a pretentious way

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Example Sentences

Gordon recalled: “He was relaxed, he was laid-back, he was amiable. I quite took to him. I was dreading a pretentious arty-farty type, but he was very pleasant.”

From The Guardian

I think one of the things about being an arty-farty person coming from a very normal family is that you feel very much the odd one out.

From Los Angeles Times

GMT09:54 Simon McMahon talks trophies Murray has his work cut out here, but it’s the Davis Cup he really wants to get his hands on, and a real trophy it is too, not some miniature, arty-farty, metal Parisian tree.

From The Guardian

Simon McMahon talks trophies Murray has his work cut out here, but it’s the Davis Cup he really wants to get his hands on, and a real trophy it is too, not some miniature, arty-farty, metal Parisian tree.

From The Guardian

You can go for Later With Jools Holland, or go for that arty-farty specialist stuff, but there's a big gap where that mainstream pop music programme should be.

From The Guardian