artyfarty

English

Adjective

artyfarty (comparative more artyfarty, superlative most artyfarty)

1. Alternative form of arty-farty
   • 1981, Margaret Gardner Mayorga, Stanley Richards, The Best Short Plays, page 254:

     Return on investment imperative. Stop. Forget the artyfarty stuff.

   • 1983, Jazz Forum - Issues 80-85, page 57:

     To protect himself against his ignorance in either instance, the producer may accuse the composer of too much integrity, and find him too slow, too artyfarty, too obstinate, too costly, too much of a perfectionist.

   • 2015, Reginald Hill, Bones and Silence:

     'He's not that keen on formal social occasions,' said Pascoe, who knew that the constable who sorted Dalziel's mail had strict instructions to file all invitations that smelled of civic tedium or artyfarty ennui in a large plastic rubbish bag.

Noun

artyfarty (plural artyfarties)

1. Alternative form of arty-farty
   • 2016, Christy Campbell, Mini: An Intimate Biography, page 60:

     Especially Midlands carmakers who did not want to be lectured by a bunch of London artyfarties otherwise fussing over the design of spoons.

   • 2017, Fiona Farrell, Decline and Fall on Savage Street, →ISBN, page 161:

     Lon hair versus short hair, right versus left, Nat versus Commie, artyfarty versus pig. You had to choose your tribe.