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Schmancy

//ˈʃmænsi// adj, slang

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Fancy, especially in a contrived or pretentious fashion. derogatory, informal

    "But thanks to the charmless chunk of schmancy condos now going up on Brooklyn’s Fourth Avenue (the Champs Élysées of auto parts stores), the rooftop sunsets we savored in summers past were, it turns out, our last."

Etymology

From schm- + fancy.

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