newfangled
adjective
[ njuːˈfaŋɡ(ə)ld ]
• different from what one is used to; objectionably new.
• "I've no time for such newfangled nonsense"
Similar:
new,
the latest,
modern,
novel,
the newest,
ultra-modern,
up to the minute,
state-of-the-art,
advanced,
contemporary,
fashionable,
new-fashioned,
gimmicky,
trendy,
flash,
snazzy,
nifty,
Origin:
Middle English: from newfangle (now dialect) ‘liking what is new’, from the adverb new + a second element related to an Old English word meaning ‘to take’.
