SUPERFICIAL, SUPERFICIALITY, SUPERFICIALLY
ADJECTIVES
► ACRYLIC superficial, hard, difficult to tolerate → 1990s US students’ sl.
► AIRY of a person or a person’s character, etc.: superficial, shallow; later: nonchalalnt, offhand; dismissive → 1609
► AIRY-FAIRY insubstantial; superficial; impractical and foolishly idealistic → 1857
► ALL FROTH AND NO BEER silly; superficial → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► ALL ON TOP not the genuine article; superficial → Brit. sl.
► CUTANEOUS external, superficial → 1745
► FAT-ASS money-grabbing, superficial, fake → 2000s sl.
► FLIMSY-FLAMSY frivolous, superficial → 1966 Amer. dial.
► GROLLISH foolish, senseless, superficial → 1637 obs.
► NEW JACK superficial, flashy → 1987 African-American sl.
► SKIMMY of the nature of skimming; superficial; careless, not thorough or exact → 1893
► SMATTERY superficial; of a smattering character → 1895
► TANGENTIAL that merely touches a subject of matter; superficial → 1825
ADVERBS
► FASHIONABLY with respect to the fashion or external form; outwardly, superficially, in appearance → 1614 obs.
► WITH A WET FINGER slightly, superficially → 1586 obs.
NOUNS
► FASHIONABLENESS superficiality, formality → 1608-11 obs.
► OVERLINESS superficiality; carelessness; indifference → 1653 obs.
NOUNS – PERSON
► FLUFFHEAD a shallow, superficial person → 2009 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► GROLL a foolish or superficial person; a gossip, a smatterer → 1637 obs.
PHRASES
► ALL FUR COAT AND NO KNICKERS said of a woman who looks good on the surface but has no substance → 2012 Brit. sl. (Bk.)
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