Graff

/ɡræf/ noun

Definition

Graffiti or spray-painted writing and art on walls; informal shorthand for graffiti.

Etymology

Short form of 'graffiti,' itself from Italian 'graffio,' meaning 'a scratch.' The term originally described ancient scratched writing found in Pompeii.

Kelly Says

Graffiti started as the art of the streets—tags, pieces, and wildstyle became a whole culture and art form that some cities now celebrate in legal graffiti zones, while others still fight it, showing how art and law constantly negotiate what belongs where.

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