fancy-pants

adjective

1. Slang. fancy or snobbish; foppish; dandified.

Word History and Origins

Origin of fancy-pants¹

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

The Plaza Hotel cooked a fancy-pants latke with red wine braised oxtail, horseradish sunchoke cream, and crispy kale.

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This anti-fancy-pants persona will likely serve Cotton well with Arkansas voters.

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For the sister of the future Queen of England has landed a fancy pants new job as a Vanity Fair contributing editor.

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I assumed there was a fancy-pants magazine photo shoot in progress and peeked to see who was posing.

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