Fancypants vs Media - What's the difference?
fancypants | media |
(pejorative) The condition of being overly showy; concerned more about one's reputation than anything else.
* 2001 , William W Johnstone, Code of the Mountain Man ,
(anatomy) The middle layer of the wall of a blood vessel or lymph vessel which is composed of connective and muscular tissue.
(linguistics, dated) A voiced stop consonant.
(entomology) One of the major veins of the insect wing, between the radius and the cubitus
Means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information.
The journalists and other professionals who comprise the mass communication industry.
As a noun fancypants
is (pejorative) the condition of being overly showy; concerned more about one's reputation than anything else.As a verb media is
.fancypants
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Alternative forms
* fancy-pantsNoun
(en-plural noun)Page 29
- And I don't need some fancypants US Marshal from back East stumbling around screwing up what trail there is left. You understand me?
media
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Etymology 1
Noun
(mediae)Usage notes
Not to be confused with medium.Derived terms
* tunica media * medialSynonyms
*(vein of insect wing) MAntonyms
* (voiced stop) (l)Etymology 2
Noun
(head)- As a result of the rise of, first, television news and entertainment media''' and, second, web-based '''media''', traditional print-based ' media has declined in popularity.
- Some celebrities dislike press conferences, where the media bombards them with questions.