piss-elegant

piss-elegant

rude slang Exuding or displaying an abundance of sophistication or elegance, especially when it is contrived, pretentious, or feigned. My mother-in-law tries to give this impression that she's some refined lady of wealth and taste, but she's just piss-elegant. The problem with majoring in art is being surrounded by these piss-elegant brats pretending to be artists.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

piss elegant

mod. very pretentious; overly elegant. (Usually objectionable.) Man, this place is piss elegant. Look at them lamp shades!
See also: elegant, piss
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • piss elegant
  • push someone's buttons, to
  • have had enough of (someone or something)
  • make points
  • make points (with someone)
  • score a point/points
  • score points
  • tacky
  • be (as) clean as a whistle
  • (as) clean as a whistle
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