fabulous = 'given to creatively fashions and entertaining public behavior'

[Mullins, Bill CIV (US)]

As in "Absolutely Fabulous", the British TV show?

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> More or less. Shd. be OED 5c:
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> Johnny Weir on CNN: "While I am over the top and fabulous, and the end
> of the day I'm a normal person."
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