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Schmancy - What does it mean?

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schmancy

English

Adjective

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  • (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

    Not English

    has no English definition. It may be misspelled.