arty-farty vs maverick

arty-farty

noun
  • Someone who is arty-farty. 

adj
  • Pretentiously artistic; self-important or self-indulgent, especially when describing an artistic project. 

maverick

noun
  • One who is unconventional or does not abide by rules. 

  • A person in the military who became an officer by going to college while on active duty as an enlisted person. 

  • Anything dishonestly obtained. 

  • A queen and a jack as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em. 

  • An unbranded range animal. 

  • One who creates or uses controversial or unconventional ideas or practices. 

verb
  • To seize without a legal claim. 

  • To take an unbranded range animal. 

adj
  • Showing independence in thoughts or actions. 

  • Unbranded. 

How often have the words arty-farty and maverick occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )