artsy-craftsy
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From arts and crafts + -y. Equivalent to artsy + craftsy.
Adjective
[edit]artsy-craftsy (comparative more artsy-craftsy, superlative most artsy-craftsy)
- (colloquial) Related to, or taking part in, arts and crafts.
- an artsy-craftsy student
- 1986, James Charles Roberts, “A Light That Failed”, in Joseph Beam, editor, In The Life: A Black Gay Anthology, page 89:
- a rap group for Blacks that met regularly at the Gay Community Center, then housed in a modest building just off the artsy-craftsy South Street.
- (colloquial, often derogatory) Crafted in an excessively decorated manner; trivial or affected in design or execution (in comparison to other artistic products).