Sentence examples for a fancy term for from inspiring English sources

The phrase "a fancy term for" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when explaining that a particular word or phrase is a more elaborate or sophisticated way of describing something simpler.
Example: "Photosynthesis is just a fancy term for the process by which plants convert sunlight into energy."
Alternatives: "an elaborate way to say" or "a sophisticated expression for".

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Sounds like a fancy term for gardening.

Today we have a fancy term for it: aspiration dressing.

Silver halide is just a fancy term for plain old film.

Actually lagoon is a fancy term for a humongous pit of manure.

The magic of lacto-fermentation (a fancy term for a crisp and tangy sleight of hand) does everything else.

Some Americans complain that "managed care" is just a fancy term for HMOs forcing doctors to withhold treatment.

The very word perdition, a fancy term for hell, is meant to weigh heavily, and it does.

Not to mention the $14,000 "bird-suppression" system — a fancy term for a rotating reflective device meant to protect the deck from droppings.

My biggest sales lesson came from a good friend who is now our head of Canadian business development (a fancy term for sales), Robin Tator.

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Or maybe, it's the opposite; they're too much of a player (there's probably a fancier term for this, but hey, it gets the point across).

Even better or worse, depending on your taste is the choice of presentation: full motion video (FMV), an overly fancy term for a video game shot with real cameras and actors.

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