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graffiti

“illicit or controversial forms of art intended for and presented to the public
Nietzsche's work is often recognized as graffiti, due to its controversial nature
by smartperson42069 August 21, 2019
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taco bell graffiti

I wish people would stop leaving all this taco bell graffiti, I mean the brush is right next to the toilet for a reason!
by I piss knowledge December 10, 2020
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karaoke graffiti

karaoke: a form of entertainment, in which individual members of the public sing.

graffiti: a form of vandalism involving painted text or images in public places.

karaoke graffiti: a form of art, in which individual members of the public paint song lyrics in public places.
One graffiti artist sang a karaoke song, while painting the song lyrics in a mural. That artist created "karaoke graffiti."
by Pseudonymthewild@gmail.com January 24, 2013
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Posh Graffiti

When you do graffiti the fancy way, eg. Using primer and a top coat varnish for tags.
He's a rich toy, so he does Posh Graffiti.
by saserone September 15, 2022
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Graffiti Wall

An Australian Slang Word I made up that means a man with lots of Tattoos (which a Grafitti wall has lots of Art and Words on it, which tattoos have)
(Person 1) Look at that Junkie !!! He looks like a Huge Graffiti Wall!!! (Person 2) Don’t say that mate!!! He could kill us!!!
by LucyLoudGoesSigh September 4, 2025
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Graffiti

Graffiti is NOT one of the four elements of Hip Hop. This is chronologically impossible. "Graffiti" was first born as "Writin' " in NYC in 1969-70, a decade before rap music reached NYC in the late 70s. Hip Hop which began in the early 80s, can not include "graffiti" as one of its elements, because Writin' or Graffiti surfaced decade before Hip Hop. Hip Hop is really the last element of Writin'.

Graffiti is the plural of the italian "graffito." Graffito in english means to scratch or scribble. What you saw on the NYC subways in the early 70s were no "scribbles. Instead, those of us who started Writin' would call our large letter pieces, masterpieces.

We were WRITERS who WROTE OUR NAMES.We were not "graffiti artists." Every time a new face would appear on the scene, we would always ask two questions, "you write?" and "what you wrtie?" Not "do you do graffiti?"

It was the NYT who first baptized an entire Culture with the denigrating term "graffiti" in 1971.

Why this denigration? The only correct answer to this question is: Racism.

If our last names would have been been Rockefeller, Trump, Bloomberg or Kennedy, instead of Ramirez, Jones or Delgado, then those same powers that be would have named the new Culture with a more formal name. Instead of "graffiti", the NYT would have referred to it as "avant garde pop something art." But because it was invented by the children of the Working Class, the powers that be saw fit to denigrate the entire Culture with "graffiti."
Graffiti is to Writin', what the N word is to African American.
by MICO March 12, 2015
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