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artfag

/ˈɑɹtˌfæɡ/

artfag noun: a pretentious artist or person interested in the arts.

Noun

artfag (plural artfags)

(derogatory, slang, vulgar) A pretentious artist or person interested in the arts.
- […] I was still really horny but my lust wasn't directed at anyone in particular it was sort of a generalized desire maybe my standards were too high but after a while the thought of fucking another one of those stuck up pomo boho artfags really turned my stomach […]1997, Jeffrey DeShell, S & M, FC2, →ISBN, page 136
- “Someone posted on the Internet that Tom Waits was showing up. I guess they all figure if Tom Waits shows, Jim Jarmusch might show because he's shooting a film in Portland, and they figure if Jim Jarmusch shows, Johnny Depp can't be too far behind. So, therefore, you get all these loser artfags...2004, Garth Stein, How Evan Broke His Head and Other Secrets, Soho Press, →ISBN
Synonyms:

artfuck

Examples of artfag in a sentence

So, therefore, you get all these loser artfags going to a see a band they've never heard of before tonight.”2004, Garth Stein, How Evan Broke His Head and Other Secrets, Soho Press, →ISBN:
As I popped open the blister packs, I thought of all the other things I could be doing: writing a story, reading a story, dancing with the artfags, protesting something.2011, Stacy Pershall, Loud in the House of Myself: Memoir of a Strange Girl, W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, page 107:

Synonyms of artfag

artfuck

Forms of artfag

plural	artfags

Origin of artfag

From art + -fag.

Questions about artfag

What does artfag mean?: Artfag means a pretentious artist or person interested in the arts.
How do you use artfag in a sentence?: So, therefore, you get all these loser artfags going to a see a band they've never heard of before tonight.”
What part of speech is artfag?: Artfag is a noun.
How do you pronounce artfag?: Artfag is pronounced /ˈɑɹtˌfæɡ/.
What is the plural of artfag?: The plural of artfag is artfags.

Words near artfag in the dictionary

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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