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Flarf

Flarf noun: an avant-garde poetry movement of the early 21st century, rejecting conventional standards of quality and exploring atypical subject matter and tone.

Noun

Flarf (uncountable)

  1. An avant-garde poetry movement of the early 21st century, rejecting conventional standards of quality and exploring atypical subject matter and tone.

Origin of Flarf

Coined by the poet Gary Sullivan.

Questions about Flarf

What does Flarf mean?
Flarf means an avant-garde poetry movement of the early 21st century, rejecting conventional standards of quality and exploring atypical subject matter and tone.
What part of speech is Flarf?
Flarf is a noun.

Words near Flarf in the dictionary

  1. flareships
  2. flarest
  3. flareth
  4. flareup
  5. flareups
  6. Flarf
  7. flargh
  8. flaring
  9. flaring out
  10. flaring up
  11. flaringly

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