SOPHISTICATED
ADJECTIVES
► ALL DAY, ALL NIGHT, JUST LIKE NEW YORK fashionable; sophisticated → 1930s African-American sl.
► ALLEY-WISE sophisticated in the ways of the world → 1974 US sl.
► COOL BREEZE self-assured, sophisticated → 1960s sl., orig. US
► DAP alert, aware, knowledgeable, sophisticated, up-to-date → 1950s African-American sl.
► EDUCATED sophisticated, worldly → 1968 Amer. dial.
► FLY stylish, sophisticated; fashionable → 1879 US sl.
► FONKY-FRESH ► FUNKY-FRESH a general adjective of high praise, the most sophisticated, the smartest, the most attractive → 1980s African-American sl.
► FUNKED OUT sophisticated; blase → 1990s sl.
► FUNKED-UP excellent; first-rate; splendid; wonderful; cool; sophisticated → 1990s African-American sl.
► HIGH-RENT sophisticated, superior → 1970s sl.
► ICE sophisticated, aware → 1970s African-American sl.
► JANE of a woman: smart, sophisticated → 1920s Sc. sl.
► KEWL good, sophisticated, self-possessed, ‘cool’ → 1998 US sl.
► LAANIE intellectually sophisticated → 1970s S. Afr. sl.
► LACED extremely sophisticated → 1970s African-American sl.
► LACED BY THE NECK extremely sophisticated → 1970s African-American sl.
► LAHNEE ► LANI ► LANIE ► LARNEY intellectually sophisticated → 1970s S. Afr. sl.
► NECKLACED extremely sophisticated, worldly → 1983 African-American sl.
► READY aware, sophisticated, prepared to deal with the real world → 1930s African-American sl.
► SADDITY ► SEDDITY ► SIDDITY ► SIDITY elegant, high-class, sophisticated → 1960s African-American sl.
► SCHOOLED intelligent, sophisticated → 1960s African-American sl.
► SMART fashionable, elegant, sophisticated; associated with fashionable or high society → 1719
► SMOOTH sophisticated, urbane → 1991 US sl.
► SWANK classy, sophisticated → 1920s sl.
► SWANKEE ► SWANKY smart, sophisticated, chic → L19 sl.
► ULTRACOOL extremely sophisticated → 1960s sl., orig. US
► UPTOWN stylish, sophisticated; prosperous → 1855 Amer. dial.
► UPTOWNISH stylish, sophisticated; prosperous → 1966 Amer. dial.
NOUNS
► STYLING AND PROFILING posing as a cool, sophisticated individual, and backing that image with smart, fashionable clothes → 1980 African-American & students’ sl.
NOUNS – PERSON
► ACE HI ► ACE HIGH a sophisticated, streetwise person → 1953 African-American sl.
► BLADE a young man, esp. one who believes himself socially adroit, sophisticated, and witty → 1949 Amer. sl.
► COOL BREEZE a person who thinks himself to be sophisticated but is not → 1990s African-American & students’ sl.
► COOL CAT a sophisticated, competent, unruffled, able person → 1940s sl., chiefly African-American
► LONGSHOE a cunning or sophisticated fellow, esp. a pimp or confidence swindler → 1955 US criminals’ sl.
► NIPPELS a sophisticated African-American → 2000 African-American sl.
► OOMAC a young man about town → 1963 S. Afr. Black sl.
► TUNA a person who believes himself suave and sophisticated, but in reality is just the opposite → 1971 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► TUSH HAWK a sophisticated person with money, clothes, and a ‘line’; a city slicker, a big shot → 1934 Amer. dial.
► TUSH HOG a sophisticated person with money, clothes, and a ‘line’; a city slicker, a big shot → 1934 Amer. dial.
► WISE BABY a sophisticated girl → 1934 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
VERBS
► FAKE THE FUNK to pose as more sophisticated than on actually is → 1993 African-American sl.
► KNOW BEANS WHEN THE BAG’S UNTIED to be sophisticated → 1907 Amer. dial.
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