fancy-pants

alternative fancypants

1. alternativeAlternative spelling of fancy pants.

   It was in the bellows of a subterranean bar in Toronto known as And/Or, renowned, in no particular order, for its steep drinks, fancy-pants, and proprietor with well-attended-to torso.

   2009, Shinan Govani, “Vile Bodies”, in Boldface Names, Toronto, Ont.: HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 39

2. Someone fancy, silly or attractive.

   That fancy-pants came around for you.

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   You still with those fancy-pants from downtown.

comparative more fancy-pants · superlative most fancy-pants · alternative fancypants

1. overly fancy with little function; newfangled; complicated

   What are you planning to do with that fancy-pants machine?

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   Fortified by years of greasy spoon eating, he's since borrowed nicer clothes to sneak into the more fancy-pants places.

   2002, y Kasey Wilson, Best Places Vancouver, page ix

   The front room is a fun, inclusive (read: sing-along) place, with the back reserved for more fancy-pants cabaret events

   2006, Chris Baty with Karla Zimmerman, Chicago, page 185