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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a fancy name" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a term or title that sounds elaborate or sophisticated, often used to describe something that may not be as complex as it appears.
Example: "The new product has a fancy name, but it's essentially just a rebranded version of the old model."
Alternatives: "an elaborate title" or "a sophisticated label".
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It now has a fancy name — the East Village.
Vermiculture is a fancy name for worm farming.
Physicists even give it a fancy name: "spontaneous symmetry breaking".
A fricassee is a fancy name for one-pot cooking.
But transference may be just a fancy name for gratitude.
Statisticians have a fancy name for this, "first-order stochastic dominance".
Allopatric speciation is just a fancy name for speciation by geographic isolation, discussed earlier.
But is a gut feeling just a fancy name for blind luck?
Conservatives will insist that the one is just a fancy name for the other.
So in fact, "Generation Obama" is just a fancy name for young activists for Obama.
I taught industrial education, which is just a fancy name for shop class.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

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