arty-farty
Britishadjective
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Pochin blamed the situation on the "woke liberati" in the "arty-farty world".
From BBC
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
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