artfuck

English

Etymology

art +‎ fuck

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artfuck (plural artfucks)

  1. (slang, vulgar, derogatory) A pretentious artist or person interested in the arts.
    • 1999, Maggie Estep, Soft Maniacs, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 121:
      I even had the balls to hit Barneys, which actually wasn't that remarkable since, the way I look, it's hard to tell if I'm some deliberately disheveled successful artfuck or just a down-and-out guy, […]
    • 2004 February 23, Christopher R. Weingarten, “Spotlight: Liars”, in CMJ New Music Report:
      Since then, Liars severed ties with both their rhythm section and their metropolitan ways, deserting a borough infested with unwashed artfucks for the forests of New Jersey.
    • 2008 December 13, nuny, “Re: Something that Simply Mystifies Meeeeeee”, in misc.writing‎ (Usenet):
      Manson = just another pretentious artfuck. Bowie's version is a pathetic attempt to imitate Manson, who apparently thought he was parodying Morrison, not grokking that Morrison was parodying actual drinking songs.

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