Art Fag Edit Meaning

1.

n.1) an art student fully immersed in the art school culture, i.e. dressing in all-black or the trendiest rummage sale attire, listening to music only played on college radio, and referring to obscure artists or writers constantly

2) one who uses "artistic" to explain dubious decisions or behaviors

That art fag welded a high-heel to an umbrella and ran around the Village all day in the rain.

2.

A pretentious art student (usually in college) who listens to nothing but obscure indie and art rock bands (besides Death Cab, Radiohead, Interpol, The Strokes, Belle and Sebsastian, and Sonic Youth). They wear black-rimmed square glasses, a track jacket with stripes on the side, tight corduroy pants that are ripped, Chuck Taylors or Vans, man purses (even the girls), and some sort of hair farming technique (on black people, it's an afro with dreads).

Half of our Intro to Art class is filled with art fags.

See art student, art rock, dyke, man purse, college

3.

That girl from your Art History 101 class who wears hobo-chic apparel (large-framed glasses are a must), has Anna Karina bangs, worships Tracey Emin and/or Andy Warhol, frequents the local art house to catch the latest Harmony Korine film, frequents independent art galleries (ie, White Box and The James Fuentes Gallery in NYC) to view the latest New Ukrainian Painting installation, and reads Adorno for "fun" whilst sipping red tea, black coffee, box wine, and/or PBR. Probably listens to a lot of Serge Gainsbourg as well. Fits in very well in the designated hipster area of town.

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4.

a person who smokes, drinks $4 coffee and visits art museums and talks about the art expressing the descent and selling out of America to capitalists and other four syllable words but they are huge ass hypocrits cuz they are selling out too with their goddamn cigarettes and $5 lattes and banana republic peacoats. listen to Dead Milkmen's "you'll dance to anything"

you know what you are? an ART FAG!

See asshole

5.

Kids who like Art, and know it is their forte. They do art, appreciate art, and talk with other art fags about art. It happens to be their thing. Other people are jealous because art is a difficult concept and they don't have the capacity or the introduction to understand it. They make petty hatred posts on slangdefine, and are unfriendly too the art fags who sit in the back of class and talk about their latest painting, while everyone else goes on about one tree hill or Halo 3 or American Idol or whatever.

Aint nothing wrong with liking Art. I'm and Art Fag and PROUD of it.

We can't all like sport. I happen to have found a way to express my feelings through painting. I never claimed to be an empiricist. I'm an art fag, so sue me.

David and Harry tended not to talk to Sarah and Gab in Maths. They were always being art fags and talking about Dali or Oils vs. Watercolors or whatever. David hated them for being art fags. And cause they never did math.

See art, coolness, nerds, art fag, tag

6.

A pretentious, often rich and/or bored young person, usually "bisexual", with a form of mental disorder which

both males and females with short hair and undercuts

Generally feel they have to be individual in some way or else their lives are pointless. (see example #1) Although they usually are not depressed or suicidal.

Overly friendly, because it's different to be nice to everyone. Especially complete strangers.

Always optimistic, regardless. (see example #2)

Love to go op shopping (see example #3)

Usually attempt some type of art form, mainly photography using black and white photographs or polaroids. (Or they take photos of their art with polaroids or black and white photographs)

Often partakes in drinking lattes and/or capuccinos, or chai lattes and tea whilst smoking their own rolled cigarettes. See degraves.

Think that the term 'art fag' is actually a good thing.

Also less commonly known (in australia) as hipsters.

#1 "What's the use in living if I'm just like someone else?"

#2 Kristy: art fag, female, 14 - JoJo: not art fag, female, 14

JoJo: "Kristy, I think I'm in a lot of trouble... I don't know what to do!"

*JoJo begins to cry*

JoJo: "The condom broke around three weeks ago with Jace and my period was due two weeks ago, I think I'm pregnant! I can't be pregnant it'll mess everything up... Why are you smiling?"

Kristy: "Oh, I'm sorry sugarplum it's just, a baby is something to be happy about!"

JoJo: "What the fuck?"

(true story, names have been changed)

#3 "That dress designed for 70 year olds looks sooo cute on you, and no one else will have it! Now we can really be special."

See art fag, indie fag, pretentious, hipster, op shop

7.

Typically an artist who is indifferent and or apathetic. An artist who seeks to be stereotyped as an artist. He tries to fit the mold. Wears the stereotypical artist beray, black and white striped french artist shirt. A rebel without a clue. He blatantly tries to fit the label of a artist stereotype, almost insinuating that others are not real artists except him.

Johny is such a art fag, no wonder he has no friends, that guy is such a poser. What a lamer.

See art fag, artfag, poser, wannabe, lamer, artist