Highfalutin' (Women's Jersey Short Sleeve Deep V-Neck Tee)

Highfalutin, meaning “pretentious” or “artificially elevated in style,” was first used in the early 19th century. It was primarily spoken slang, and when people wrote it down, they had to sound it out. We still do. Even today we can’t agree on how to spell it. It is most often found without the final “g,". Adding the “g” risks sounding, well, highfalutin. Its etymology is disputed. One theory holds that it comes from the Yiddish hifelufelem: “extravagant language; nonsense.” Another contends that it derives from high-flown. British broadcaster Melvyn Bragg argues creatively, but probably wrongly, that it embodies the class divisions found on 19th-century American steamboats: “On board the bigger boats the richer travellers were called ‘highfalutin’ because of the high fluted smokestacks that carried the soot and cinders well away from the passengers.”  But we argue against that theory -- it's too highfalutin.     S M L XL 2XL Width, in 15.75 16.50 17.52 18.50 19.49 Length, i