Graffiti
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- | <table width="100%" border="0" align="right" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0"><tr><td width="*" align="left" valign="top">'''graffiti''' ''fku'' '''1.''' To place a new message atop an older message. '''2.''' A territorial marker most often akin to stale urine; piss on walls. | + | <table width="100%" border="0" align="right" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0"><tr><td width="*" align="left" valign="top">'''graffiti''' ''fku'' '''1.''' A territorial marker most often akin to stale urine; piss on walls. '''2.''' To place a new message atop an older message. '''3.''' Defacing graphics or text, illicitly rendered with an [[eye]] toward maximum visibility. |
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- | ''Graffiti'' stems from the Latin "graffito", meaning "scratch." It shares etymological roots with "[[grave]]" (from a word meaning ditch, or a scratch in the earth) and "graft" (a means of joining limbs via a cut): death and life from a scratch. | + | ''Graffiti'', Italian for "scratchs," shares etymological roots with "[[grave]]" (a scratch in the earth) and "graft" (joining limbs at a cut): death and life from a scratch. |
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graffiti fku 1. A territorial marker most often akin to stale urine; piss on walls. 2. To place a new message atop an older message. 3. Defacing graphics or text, illicitly rendered with an eye toward maximum visibility.
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[edit] DesiderataGraffiti, Italian for "scratchs," shares etymological roots with "grave" (a scratch in the earth) and "graft" (joining limbs at a cut): death and life from a scratch.
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