What's the difference between hifalutin and highfalutin?

Hifalutin


Definition:

  • (n.) See Highfaluting.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Cameron is an aristocrat, remember, with all kinds of hifalutin genealogical connections.

Highfalutin


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Oh, but now this is highfalutin identity politics to be sneered at along with your safe spaces and trigger warnings.
  • (2) As if to prove she had not abandoned US television entirely in favour of the highfalutin' and literary, she took a recurring role as Hannibal Lecter's psychiatrist in the current TV series Hannibal .
  • (3) And are violations of the rule obvious products of mishearing, careless reading, or a chintzy attempt to sound highfalutin?
  • (4) Such comparisons seem a bit highfalutin for what is ultimately a teen-friendly action flick, but Lawrence insists that real-world analogies are legitimate.
  • (5) In what Politico described as a “brutal” indictment last week, the paper’s editorial board – considered a must-read for the very kind of conservative voters and donors Romney would seek – expressed precisely the same denigrating assessment of Romney as Murdoch’s tweet did, albeit in more highfalutin language.
  • (6) This highfalutin pudding really does live up to its name.
  • (7) Not the highfalutin Royal Albert Hall, live-on-BBC-telly event.
  • (8) He once earned a famous reproach for writing too highfalutin a match report of a game between Chelsea and Blackpool, evoking Greek tragedy and, specifically, the blinding of Oedipus ("Will you tell me one thing?"
  • (9) I know that sounds awfully highfalutin and philosophical, but it's precisely what the healthcare debate, both the current and historic versions, has been about.
  • (10) "The thing that everybody always theorises is, why did you recommend such a highfalutin-type system for the WCML?
  • (11) Major's "back to basics" campaign was against highfalutin ideology; a disavowal of politics.
  • (12) Even – if the word is not taboo in their highfalutin circles – a hit.
  • (13) School architecture is just more highfalutin liberal claptrap, governors are " local worthies seeking a badge of status and the chance to waffle about faddy issues ", the national curriculum is a ball and chain, and teachers are part of a leftwing conspiracy.

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