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Contrived vs Schmancy - What's the difference?

contrived | schmancy |

As adjectives the difference between contrived and schmancy

is that contrived is unnatural, forced while schmancy is (informal|derogatory) fancy, especially in a contrived or pretentious fashion.

As a verb contrived

is (contrive).

contrived

English

Verb

(head)
  • (contrive)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • unnatural, forced

    • Synonyms

    *staged

    Antonyms

    * spontaneous

    schmancy

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (informal, derogatory) Fancy, especially in a contrived or pretentious fashion.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=August 10, author=Lynn Harris, title=On the Roof, a Weaning From Weeding, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=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. }}

    Synonyms

    * fancy-schmancy