schmancy

comparative schmancier · superlative schmanciest · alternative shmancy

1. derogatoryinformalFancy, especially in a contrived or pretentious fashion.

   Rack up your arm candy with this schmancy bangle, watch, and bracelet set from Anne Klein.

   2024 October 8, Megan Uy, Tarah-Lynn Saint-Elien, “65+ Fall Prime Day Fashion Deals Your Closet Is Begging You to Shop”, in Cosmopolitan

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   But thanks to the charmless chunk of schmancy condos now going up on Brooklyn’s Fourth Avenue (the Champs Élysées of auto parts stores), the rooftop sunsets we savored in summers past were, it turns out, our last.

   2007 August 10, Lynn Harris, “On the Roof, a Weaning From Weeding”, in The New York Times

   Synonyms: fancy-schmancy