artfuck

noun

Etymology

From art + fuck.

  1. derived from *pewǵ- — “to strike, punch, stab
  2. derived from *fukkōną
  3. derived from *fukka
  4. derived from *fuccian
  5. inherited from *fukken
  6. compounded as artfuck — “art + fuck

Definitions

  1. A pretentious artist or person interested in the arts.

    • 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, […]
    • 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.
    • 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.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA