GRAFFITI
NOUNS
► AD a graffito offering sexual services, as found on a public lavatory wall → 1970s US homosexual sl.
► AEROSOL ART graffiti; art produced using aerosol spray paint → 1988
► BURNER a complete piece of graffiti art → 1997 US sl.
► TAG a stylized signature often confused with graffiti → 1997 US sl.
► TAGGING CREW a group of graffiti artists → 1989 US sl.
► WALLBANGING painting graffiti on walls, esp. gang slogans or gang nicknames → 1980s US gang sl.
► WRITING graffiti → 1990s sl.
NOUNS – PERSON
► BACK-RIDERS people who ride on the outside of a train to write graffiti → 1988 Aust. graffiti sl. (Bk.)
► HEAD a respected graffiti artist → 1997 US sl.
► TAGGER a graffiti artist who writes their ‘tag’ or personal label on walls and other visible sites → 1986 sl.
► TOY an inexperienced or incompetent graffiti artist → 1990 US sl.
► WRITER a graffiti artist → 1982 US sl.
VERBS
► BATTLE to compete in graffiti skills → 2000 US sl.
► BOMB to spray a train, etc., with graffiti → 20C sl.
► BUFF to erase graffiti → 1995 US sl.
► KILL to cover with graffiti → 1997 US sl.
► TAG ► TAG UP of graffiti artists: to affix one’s name to a picture, a wall, etc. → 1980s sl., orig. US
► WRITE to create graffiti art → 1997 US sl.
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