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Some graffiti-related terms and their definitions:

 

BOMB: To cover an area with your tag, throwups, etc.

 

CREW: : A loosely organized group of writers who also tag the crew initials along with their name.

 

FAME: : What a writer gets when he/she is consistently getting up. One of the goals of writers is to have fame within the subculture of writers.

 

GETTING UP: : To put up any kind of graffiti, from a tag all the way up to a well-done wildstyle piece. The term implies the process of tagging repeatedly to spread your name.

 

GOING OVER: : One writer covering another writer’s name with his/her own. Also known as “X-ing out” or “crossing out.” “Crossing out” is usually just that, painting an X over another writer’s tag or piece.

 

PIECE: : A graffiti painting. It’s generally agreed that a painting must have at least three colors to be considered a piece.

 

SCRUB: : A certain type of throwup (usually two colors) that is filled very quickly with back-and-forth lines, rather than solid.

 

TAG: : The most basic form of graffiti, a writer’s signature with marker or spray paint. It is the writer’s logo, his/her stylized personal signature.

 

TAGGER: : As opposed to “writer,” this term is usually used to refer to those who only do tags and throwups and who never piece. Some taggers do get interested in piecing, while some don’t. Taggers who never piece are sometimes called “scribblers” by more experienced, piecing writers.

 

THROWUP: : Throwups are either quickly done bubble letters or very simple pieces using only two colors.

 

WILDSTYLE: : A complicated construction of interlocking letters. A hard style that consists of lots of arrows and connections. Wildstyle is considered one of the most difficult styles to master, and pieces done in wildstyle are often completely undecipherable to non-writers.

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