frou-frou vs neat

frou-frou

adj
  • Unimportant, silly, useless. 

  • Liable to create the sound of rustling cloth, similar to 19th-century dresses. 

  • Highly ornamented, overly elaborate; excessively girly. 

noun
  • A rustling sound, particularly the rustling of a large silk dress. 

verb
  • To move with the sound of rustling dresses. 

neat

adj
  • Facile; missing complexity or details in the favor of convenience or simplicity. 

  • Free from contaminants; unadulterated, undiluted. Particularly of liquor and cocktails; see usage below. 

  • Having a simple elegance or style; clean, trim, tidy, tasteful. 

  • Good, excellent, desirable. 

  • Conditions with a liquid reagent or gas performed with no standard solvent or cosolvent. 

  • Clean, tidy; free from dirt or impurities. 

  • Well-executed or delivered; clever, skillful, precise. 

intj
  • Used to signify a job well done. 

  • Used to signify approval. 

noun
  • An artificial intelligence researcher who believes that solutions should be elegant, clear and provably correct. Compare scruffy. 

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