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Fancy Shmancy

Adjective. Describes an extraordinarily fancy thing, event, or person that your jealousy causes you to play down.
a) beyond your social class and/or tax bracket
b) you failed to get the invite
c) you never heard of becuase you are "out of the loop"

* Sometimes accompanied by hand-on-hip
"Get a load of Miss fancy shmancy flaunting her Movados and her Escalade!"

"I ate alone last night because my jerk friends all went to that fancy shmancy party uptown."
Fancy Shmancy by Big Joe K October 27, 2006

Fancy Schmancy 

Well, have fun at your fancy schmancy meeting! I wish I could come, but I'm not freakin' good enough!!!!!!
Fancy Schmancy by Zach G. October 27, 2003

Fancy Schmancy 

John has on a pair of fancy schmancy pants today.
Fancy Schmancy by Lj LPLJLolaLola February 15, 2017

Fancy Schmancy 

a high brow word for a comman item:
pate = chopped liver
Fancy Schmancy by Paul Marion January 29, 2004

Fancy Schmancy 

The phrase that Beth says all the time

Fanchy Shmancy 

A more mature way of saying fancy, utterly disgusted with such fanciness and maturity that is being shown.
This is very fanchy shmancy !
Fanchy Shmancy by Danooob September 26, 2020
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