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Re: OT: graffitum

From:John Vertical <johnvertical@...>
Date:Monday, July 30, 2007, 8:09
>It's a slightly ironic pseudo-Latin term that I've >heard being used as a singular of "graffiti" - ironic >in that using a "high intellectual" language like >Latin for something slightly thuggish and uncouth is, >well, ironic.
>Geoff
...I can see "uncouth", for generic "signature" tags at least, but "thuggish"? "The boss wants his money by Thursday ... or else we'll be painting colorful letters on your house." /rolleyes John Vertical

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