camouflaneur

A (post) postmodern expression for the urban/contemporary artist, one who has the ability both to invent and conceal, communicate and absorb. Based on the poetics of camouflage Golding and flaneur Baudelaire, Benjamin, emphasising the nomadic, rhizomatic energy-skills of the curious, the technician, the editor and the eccentric.

The urban artist who feels more at home with wanderings, non-representational expression, political agency without moralising: this is the camouflaneur.

by johnny golding (johnny de philo) September 5, 2007

camouflanguage

Language whose meaning is obscured by use or overuse of vague phrasing, complicated sentence structures, and jargon. Used mainly by politicians to squiggle out of a tough situation. A portmanteau of camouflage and language.

But that's camouflanguage you're using. What does that all mean?! What are you trying to say?!

by cutesy pastel living doll August 19, 2017