be highfalutin
informal To be pretentious, snobbish, and ostentatious. Those parties are too highfalutin—I just want to be able to wear jeans and chat like a normal person. That art-house film Tom dragged me to last night was nothing but highfalutin nonsense. I couldn't understand what the heck was going on! I didn't like that class—it was filled with photographers who were so highfalutin that they scoffed at my smartphone photography.
highfalutin
informal Pretentious; snobbish; ostentatious. I hate going to those highfalutin parties and hobnobbing with people who are so full of themselves just because they've made a buck. Tom dragged me to some highfalutin art-house film last night. It was so steeped in symbolism that I couldn't tell what the heck was going on! I didn't like that class—it was filled with highfalutin photographers who scoffed at my smartphone photography.
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