arty-farty
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.80 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Pretentiously artistic; self-important or self-indulgent, especially when describing an artistic project.
Derogatory; Informal
noun
Someone who is arty-farty.
Example Sentences
- "I've had enough of this arty-farty modern sculpture!"
- "The rather disappointing—although unsurprising—message of the Economist article was that tattoos are no longer the edgy insignia of the free spirited but the arty-farty must-have accessory of the middle classes."
- "The Mersey Sound, an anthology featuring the works of poets Roger McGough, Brian Patten and Adrian Henri, became a best-seller in 1967 and encouraged thousands of working-class teenagers to read poetry; prior to its publication they probably thought poems were for middle-class arty-farties."
- "Gave parties for all the campus arty-farties to come and drink up my booze and patronize me. . . . I could have had you that first night I brought you here."
- "'Probably some rich arty-farty built it for his kids,' said Barney casually."