artfuck en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Australia) audio
Etymology
From art + fuck.
Meanings
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(derogatory, slang, vulgar) A pretentious artist or person interested in the arts.
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.
2008 December 13, nuny, “Re: Something that Simply Mystifies Meeeeeee”, in misc.writing (Usenet):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, […]
1999, Maggie Estep, Soft Maniacs, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 121: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.
2004 February 23, Christopher R. Weingarten, “Spotlight: Liars”, in CMJ New Music Report:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| artfucks | Number=Plur | lexicographic |