Fancy
Both words in one sentence
- If I am given a choice between a plain object and a fancy, valuable, shiny object, I will not take the shiny one, especially if I was warned against it by the talking animal or magical old person.
- The trope uses "MacGuffin" as a fancy word for any important object, which doesn't match the rigorous definition on the MacGuffin page.
Source: Mac Guffin Snowclones -
The fancy version of this is to break not the first object you hit, but the one behind it, or a specific one in a sequence.
Source: Brick Break
Cite this Source
Object and Fancy. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/fancy/object
Fancy & Object. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/fancy/object>.
Object or Fancy. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/fancy/object.
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