arty-farty

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arty-farty (British informal) also artsy-fartsy (American informal)

something or someone that is arty-farty tries too hard to seem connected with serious art, and is silly or boring because of this Rob's friends were a couple of arty-farty types who talked endlessly about the decline of the modern American novel.

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