fancy-pants

See also: fancypants and fancy pants

English

Alternative forms

• fancypants

Noun

fancy-pants (plural fancy-pants)

1. Alternative spelling of fancy pants
2. Someone fancy, silly or attractive.

   That fancy-pants came around for you.

   You still with those fancy-pants from downtown.

Adjective

fancy-pants (comparative more fancy-pants, superlative most fancy-pants)

1. overly fancy with little function; newfangled; complicated

   What are you planning to do with that fancy-pants machine?

   • 2002, y Kasey Wilson, Best Places Vancouver, page ix:

     Fortified by years of greasy spoon eating, he's since borrowed nicer clothes to sneak into the more fancy-pants places.

   • 2006, Chris Baty with Karla Zimmerman, Chicago, page 185:

     The front room is a fun, inclusive (read: sing-along) place, with the back reserved for more fancy-pants cabaret events