artsy

artsy

Overtly interested in art and style, perhaps overly or pretentiously so. I like that café, but it's always packed with artsy types talking about their obscure interests.

artsy-craftsy

1. Interested in creating arts and crafts. I'm not too artsy-craftsy myself, but I'm impressed with people who can sew and do all of that kind of stuff.
2. Overtly interested in art and style, perhaps overly or pretentiously so. I like that café, but it's always packed with artsy-craftsy types talking about their obscure interests.

artsy-fartsy

Overtly interested in art and style, perhaps overly or pretentiously so. I like that café, but it's always packed with artsy-fartsy types talking about their obscure interests.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

artsy (fartsy)

mod. obviously or overly artistic; effete. (Mildly offensive.) The decorations were sort of artsy fartsy, but the overall effect was quite nice.
See also: artsy, fartsy

artsy

verb
See artsy fartsy

artsy-craftsy

mod. dabbling in arts and crafts; artistic. The artsy-craftsy crowd held a show in the library parking lot last Sunday.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • fartsy
  • artsy fartsy
  • artsy-fartsy
  • stuck-up
  • passion
  • have a passion for
  • have a passion for (something)
  • a going concern
  • concern
  • lah-di-dah
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Cleveland lists 2008 as the year he started working on Artsy. Today, the site's team, which is headquartered in New York, includes president and CEO Sebastian Cwilich, a former executive at Christie's auction house and Haunch of Venison gallery.
Maybe this retro, artsy, even bordering on kitschy, niche is something to consider, based on your target customers.
At Artsy You, customers pay only for the pottery that they want to paint.
In this issue, there is a story of a city parish in the Prairies that was rejuvenated in recent years simply by opening its doors and casting a glance around its artsy neighbourhood.
"From the very beginning we've had a policy not to waste, to reuse and to make use of the sun," says Jason Henzell, manager of the artsy Jake's.
Its artsy, lo-fi tenor and traditional, stretched-out song structures are entirely familiar.
In keeping with the festival's multigenerational vision, the female emcee summit "Beyond the Bling" hosted by hip-hop artist Toni Blackman will light up the 7 Stages Theater in the artsy Little Five Points neighborhood.
The ads, created by San Francisco agency Grant, Scott & Hurley, combine artsy illustrations with snappy copy and the tagline, "For so many good reasons." On the less snappy end of the spectrum is a new Turning Leaf ad we came across in the Apr.
The home my parents created for me and my three older brothers was such a bottomless oasis of stability and love that we, in turn, could afford to take just those kinds of chances--with artsy careers and unorthodox living arrangements--that were guaranteed to drive poor old security-seeking Jack crazy.
"The site caters to artsy middle class folks and is easy to navigate.
Maybe the IJBC film program wasn't looking for artsy kidnappers--Shum's application was rejected twice.
For years, Kornbluth was one of those artsy cult figures known primarily in lefty political circles and among urban aficionados of solo theater performance.
LORINE SWEENEY LOVES "STAR TREK," HAS A THING for aliens, once sang with the Vienna Opera, was a high school moviemaker, starred in a musical at the University of Arizona, plays the piano and wears cool artsy earrings.
A dispute over "artsy" pictures has led to the departure of half of the four-member photo staff of the Daily Press in Victorville, Calif.
The Artsy Artichoke, a natural and organic grocery market and deli based in Castle Rock, Colo., has created a Web site.