artfuck

English

Etymology

From art +‎ fuck.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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^[1] (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.

Synonyms

• artfag

See also

• arty-farty

Anagrams

• rat fuck, rat-fuck, ratfuck