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单词 arty-farty
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arty-fartyadj.

Brit. /ˌɑːtɪˈfɑːti/, U.S. /ˌɑrdiˈfɑrdi/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: arty adj., fart n.1, -y suffix1.
Etymology: < arty adj. + fart n.1 + -y suffix1, as a rhyming pair. Compare slightly earlier artsy-fartsy adj.
colloquial (frequently depreciative).
Pretentiously artistic. Cf. artsy-fartsy adj.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [adjective] > characterized by other specific affectations
folky1914
arty1915
arty-farty1946
folksy1947
artsy-fartsy1962
ton-up1964
1946 B. Marshall George Brown's Schooldays xxxv. 141 They work in one of those arty-farty florists where they make you pay through the nose for a bunch of carnations.
1966 Tulane Drama Rev. 11 175/2 All the arty-farty tactics associated with conventional theatre.
1982 M. Kington Miles & Miles 61 The North is..trying to impose their bluff..values on our arty-farty-Dartington, southern way of life.
2003 M. Belson On the Press i. 63 The feeling at the time was that they certainly had a greater skill in design than the arty-farty designers who came to the Press straight from college.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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