fancy pants

adj, noun — 5 senses

fancy-pants

adjalso spelled fancy-pants

1

overly fancy with little function; newfangled; complicated

What are you planning to do with that fancy-pants machine?
Fortified by years of greasy spoon eating, he's since borrowed nicer clothes to sneak into the more fancy-pants places.2002, y Kasey Wilson, Best Places Vancouver, page ix:

1 more example

The front room is a fun, inclusive (read: sing-along) place, with the back reserved for more fancy-pants cabaret events2006, Chris Baty with Karla Zimmerman, Chicago, page 185:

fancy pants

noun

1

US A person wearing fancy clothing; a member of a social elite.

From what I hear fancy pants is dancing real good with that fat pig.2008, Ivan Narayan, Kill Or Be Killed: The Henry Street Affair, page 135:

2

A person very concerned with their appearance.

This fancy pants is tryin' to steal my gal away from me!2007, William W. Johnstone with J. A. Johnstone, Hell Town, page 118:

Related terms: fancy-pants

fancy-pants

noun

1

Alternative Alternative spelling of fancy pants.

It was in the bellows of a subterranean bar in Toronto known as And/Or, renowned, in no particular order, for its steep drinks, fancy-pants, and proprietor with well-attended-to torso.2009, Shinan Govani, “Vile Bodies”, in Boldface Names, Toronto, Ont.: HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 39:

2

Someone fancy, silly or attractive.

That fancy-pants came around for you.
You still with those fancy-pants from downtown.

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