My biggest gripe with the word 'pretentious' is that it is, itself, a pretentious word! Hoity-toity is the answer - you can't say it with a straight face AND it conveys that you 'operate outside of the entire economy of pretense and authenticity' (what a hoity toity thing to say!). Now that I live in melbourne I have so many more opportunities to use this phrase, and I'm going to do my best to make the most of every single one of them!
Snopes has a writeup on why it has nothing to do with the french
thanks Tom.
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