artsy-fartsy
adjective
art·sy-fart·sy
ˌärt-sē-ˈfärt-sē
variants
or less commonly artsy fartsy
chiefly US, informal
: showily or pretentiously artistic : arty, artsy
My dad's not really in touch with my art, but he's also a total country boy who married an artsy-fartsy, Ms. Frizzle-type woman.—Ryan Dombal
Your Twitter and Facebook feed are probably bombarded with artsy fartsy shots of food and architecture, snapped by your friends that don't exactly have a BFA, and sometimes it's just annoying.—Leslie Horn
Whatever the novel may be like, the movie Snow Falling on Cedars is a pretentious, artsy-fartsy catastrophe …—John Simon
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“Artsy-fartsy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/artsy-fartsy. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.
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