throwie

English

Etymology

throw-up + -ie

Pronunciation

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Noun

throwie (plural throwies)

  1. (slang) A type of graffiti produced relatively quickly, generally with a single-colour outline and one layer of fill colour.
    Synonym: throw-up
    Coordinate term: pasteup
    • 2001, Free agents: a history of Washington, D.C. graffiti, page 71:
      Even more impressive is that at the same time, he kept D.C. locked with a steady flow of tags and throwies []
    • 2009, Eric Felisbret, Luke Felisbret, James Prigoff, Graffiti New York, page 130:
      IN is legendary because until IZ, he had the most two-letter throwies in history.

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