artsy fartsy

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“In my head I had always wanted to date someone artsy-fartsy, where it was like, I don’t know what you’re saying, but it sounds wonderful.”

From New York Times • Mar. 4, 2022

Don’t tell me the artsy-fartsy crowd have won and it’s all going to be The Shape of Water and Wes Anderson nonsense from now on?

From The Guardian • Jul. 17, 2018

Or if, like any commodity, art is worth whatever you can get for it and damn the artsy-fartsy pretensions.

From Forbes • Jun. 30, 2015

It's not hard to get behind a hip-hop or swing dancer when we're all much more familiar with that kind of expression, but contemporary can be a little artsy-fartsy for the mainstream.

From Salon • Jun. 11, 2010

Rachel sweeps into the room wearing an artsy-fartsy gypsy scarf skirt and a necklace of eye-sized mirrors.

From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson