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   Chi·chi

   /ˈSHēSHē/

   

   adjective

   • 1. attempting stylish elegance but achieving only an overelaborate pretentiousness: "the chi-chi world of Manhattan cultural privilege"

   noun

   • 1. pretentious and overelaborate refinement: "the relentless chi-chi of late-eighties dining"

   Word Origin early 20th century (in the sense ‘showiness or pretentious object’): from French, of imitative origin.

   Scrabble Points: 16

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