fancy-pants

noun

Definitions

  1. Alternative 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.
  2. Someone fancy, silly or attractive.

    • That fancy-pants came around for you.
    • You still with those fancy-pants from downtown.
  3. overly fancy with little function

    overly fancy with little function; newfangled; complicated

    • What are you planning to do with that fancy-pants machine?
    • Fortified by years of greasy spoon eating, he's since borrowed nicer clothes to sneak into the more fancy-pants places.
    • The front room is a fun, inclusive (read: sing-along) place, with the back reserved for more fancy-pants cabaret events

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA