newfangled

Etymology

new + fangled, from obsolete fangle (“to fashion”).

adj

1. (usually derogatory, disapproving, or humorous) new and often needlessly novel or gratuitously different; recently devised or fashionable, especially when not an improvement.
   newfangled electronic gadgets that cost a lot and do little
   Premier Mussolini operated a “new-fangled automobile” driven by electricity on a trial run yesterday, the German Transocean agency reported in a wireless transmission to the United States recorded by the New York Times. 1942-09-06, “Mussolini Takes Wheel; Tries Out ‘New-Fangled’ Auto Driven by Electricity”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
   From the Marvel Mixmaster to the Miracle Microwave, every time a new-fangled gadget has lobbed into the Aussie kitchen, Aussie mums have changed their cooking styles accordingly. 1987, Kerry Cue, Hang On To Your Horses Doovers, page 5
   I have tried all the medium and short acting non-barbiturate sedatives since the war (including thalidomide) but they don’t work and I don’t trust the newfangled long acting, “safe” analgesics. 1988, E[dward] J[ames] Moran Campbell, Not Always on the Level, [London]: British Medical Journal, page 194
2. Fond of novelty.