Bomit Dictionary:

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All City - To have your artwork seen all over your city.

Art Crimes - Top graffiti site

Back to Back - Doing a piece from one end to the other or placing throw-ups one after the other. (Also called "End to End").

Battle - Takes place when 2 writers or crews disagree on an issue.

Beef - Having public animosity with another writer / artist.

Black book - Book full of graffiti and / or stickers.

Blockbuster - A large piece, almost always done in a block shaped style.

Bombing - Getting up.

Bite - To steal another artist's ideas, style, or lettering schemes.

Bubble Letters - Old school graffiti style with rounded lettering, making it faster to put up.

Burn - To out do another artist's work.

Burner - Really good graffiti piece.

Buff - To remove or cover over art.

Capping - Conflict between writers going over each other.

Character - Cartoon figure. In some pieces, the character takes the place of a letter in the word.

Combo - Multiple stickers in one spot.

Cornbread - Often cited as the earliest writer of modern graffiti.

Crew - Group of writers or street artists.

CMYK - Four-color sticker printing.

Fats - Spray nozzle that comes out thicker and wider.

Flix - Photos, Flicks.

Freights - Trains.

Getting Up - Going out to make art continuously.

Graffiti - Unauthorized defacing of a building, wall or other edifice or object by painting or otherwise marking it with words, pictures or symbols.

Hand Styles - Specific styles of writing tags.

Heavens - Pieces in hard-to-reach places such as rooftops and freeway signs, thus making them hard to remove.

Hello My Name Is Decals - Cheap way to get up.

Hollow - Similar to a "throwup" a hollow is an outline but not filled in.

Mail Art - Style from the 70's of sending art in the mail.

Obey Giant - Most influential organization.

Pics - Pictures.

Piece - To make an intricate graffiti image (Masterpiece).

Po Po - Police.

Postals - Stickers made from Postage Labels.

Priority Mail Labels - Used by artists to make free stickers.

Propaganda Art - War and Communist imagery.

Rack - Surplus of art supplies.

Racking - Stealing anything. Especially paint / supplies.

Roller - Large piece often done as a hang down from rooftop with paint roller and extention pole.

Run / Runner - A spot where a piece lasts.

Shepard Fairey - Professional street artist.

Slaps - Stickers.

Slash - To put a line through or tag over another's artwork.

Snipe - Stealthy posting.

Snitch - Someone who tells on another.

Spot - Location for existing graffiti or ideal potential place.

Spot Jock - Going to same places as other artists.

Stencil - Cut out cardboard image for spray paint.

Sticker Art - Using stickers as graffiti art.

Street Art - Stencils, wheat pasting, stickering, etc.

Streak - Simple oil paint stick predominately used on trains.

Style Wars - Recognized as the most prolific graffiti film.

Tag - Artist's signature, normally done in one color.

Thins - Spray tips that comes out thinner.

Throw Up - Simple outlined one or two color graffiti image.

Up - Artists become up when their work becomes widespread and well-known

Top To Bottoms - Works which span the entire height of a subway car.

Toy - Person considered lame or whose style sucks.

Wack (Also spelled whack) - Refers to an ugly throw-up, tag or piece. If something "sucks", it is wack.

Wheat Paste - Homemade glue for putting up posters.

Wild Style - Form of graffiti writing using highly stylized letters.

Wooster Collective - Best street art site.