单词 | scratchiti |
释义 | scratchitin. Words or images engraved or etched (illegally) into surfaces in a public place. Cf. graffiti n.. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written text > an inscription > [noun] > graffiti wall-chalking1853 graffito1863 scratchiti1995 1995 N.Y. Newsday 6 Apr. a15/2 It is costing the Transit Authority upwards of $20 million yearly to combat the ‘scratchiti’ inflicted on us by a new generation of defacers. 2000 Evening Chron. (Newcastle) (Nexis) 31 Jan. 7 The Tyneside schoolboys, aged 13 to 14, made a series of attacks including graffiti on bridges, damage to tracks and names scratched on windows—known as scratchiti. 2003 J. Lethem Fortress of Solitude iii. xi. 442 A Plexiglas window covered with minute scratchiti. 2007 Roswell (New Mexico) Daily Record 12 July 1 (caption) Graffiti and gouged ‘scratchiti’ on playground equipment. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1995 |
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