poncey

I believe the term we are groping for in this thread is "poncey", correct?

Barack Obama, the law student, was not like you other law students. Ann Althouse 2008

We're not like one of those poncey bars you get in Manchester or London.

Dominic Matteo 2011

Most of the humor has to do with mistaken identity and the naughty thrill of out-there sexual tastes being discussed openly (under the guise of discussing "literature") by the board's poncey chairman (John Hodgman).

Marshall Fine: HuffPost Review: The Best and the Brightest Marshall Fine 2011

Yes, you can adjust the brightness, but it's still firing light into your pupils, unlike an ebook screen, with its poncey "electronic ink".

'Had it crashed? Or was it being sarcastic?' Charlie Brooker on the iPad 2010

Perfect grist for the Islamist mill; and the poncey West fall the disingenuousness of the radicals every time!!!

Giving evidence to the Chilcot inquiry, Tony Blair said: “I... 2010

At $80 or so a bottle 700ml not the poncey 500ml other distillers fob off onto tourists it is a good buy, certainly worth the try if you are starting out on single malts.

Cheeseburger Gothic » Right. You’re booked! 2010

If it were my restaurant, I'd serve the cooking with fewer poncey trappings.

Restaurant: Gauthier Soho, London W1 John Lanchester 2010

And not that poncey variety actually judged in the courts where the concept of Group Defamation is well established, meaning that you can sue if the libel applies to a specific group of people, one of which is you.

Easy money, expensive words 2009

I used to include Clint but he's gone poncey now too.

Tales From The Script 3 - This Time It's Dogville juliette 2009

If it has a beefcake bloke on the cover, or a poncey shirted Fabio type, forget it, won't be much plot there.

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