arty-farty

arty-farty

Pretentious or haughty. Use of this phrase usually indicates the speaker's annoyance. Primarily heard in UK. I'm sorry, honey, but I'd rather go to a ball game then be dragged to another arty-farty lecture.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • arty
  • farty
  • fancy-pants
  • above
  • above (oneself)
  • above yourself
  • married
  • marry
  • marry above oneself
  • Ooh, get you!
References in periodicals archive
Furthermore, I regret to reveal that the arty-farty in question was Lorne Campbell, new artistic director of the Northern Stage in Newcastle.
THE Culture Queen was comfortably [...]
"She wanted to know what an arty-farty playwright knew about the subject so I had to tell her that the play was in her words.
Streetwise Daniels tackles her most controversial role to highlight the plight of sex workers
I wouldn't are arty-farty they would leisure centres, swimming libraries for entertainment.
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Some have even engaged special photographers to capture every "candid" moment for an extended arty-farty photo essay.
Never mind the sunny side, post the party poopers and tell truth
Iknowitallsounds abit arty-farty but trust a bit arty-farty but trust me, it's brilliant the way they work.
I'm putting my art and soul into off-field subjects
At the GQ Men of the Year Awards, Tony Blair was named Philanthropist of the Year which says just one thing - the arty-farty mob running the mag have lost the plot.
GQ's award just a load of hot Blair
So, SIRF - an arty-farty waste of money or a stunning original showcase for Stockton?
Bonkers, but I love it
So it sounds as though he tunes into the late-night arty-farty show...
Blink and you'll miss my favourite in-flight movies
Anyway, for all those moaning minnies and arty-farty types writing letters and holding protest meetings, I say this: get a life!
Why all this fuss over a shut library? Opinion
Likewise, those arty-farty types hold Pablo Picasso's paintings in high regard but I doubt one of his cubist canvases would beat Peter Crouch to a high ball when the wind's swirling around the Britannia.
Testing times at the Britannia; PICK OF THE DAY
So the only films out this week are arty-farty things (cleverly scheduled so that when they fail, they can blame Star Wars).
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At one stage they kowtow to this stereotypical hogwash, the next minute they come over all arty-farty and highbrow.
Six Nations and a shredding
'He has five children and we've all done arty-farty things.
Close up: Role to make dad proud
Far from being an airy-fairy, arty-farty type, Trollope, with the true vigour of a Victorian polymath, devised the impressively practical idea of the postal service.
VALERIE HILL: Failing to deliver a Victorian ideal
The artist formerly known as Prince has realised the error of his ways after floundering in a decade plus of arty-farty pap released on independent labels.
CD Reviews: Purple patch returns for Prince