Fancy
Fancy noun - A conception or image created by the imagination and having no objective reality.
Usage example: a writer with a prodigious talent for creating fancies that captivate readers young and old
Idea is a synonym for fancy in liking topic. In some cases you can use "Idea" instead a noun "Fancy", when it comes to topics like mental condition, impulse, whim.
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- In the Firefly episode "Shindig," Kaylee's idea of fancy dress is a store-bought, ultra-frilly Pimped-Out Dress.
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Her idea of sex is strange though, such as putting strawberry-flavored lipstick on her man to label him a "fancy boy".
Source: Series / 30 Rock - The idea guy is mocked for coming up with pointlessly 'fancy-pants' concepts like "streets" and "trade".
Source: Series / Horrible Histories
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