"reverse graffiti"

[Laurence Horn]

At 10:01 PM -0400 7/7/10, James Harbeck wrote:
>>This was new to me. Fascinating, too.
>>
>>http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/06/activists-send-a-message-by-cleaning-things-up-a-bit.php
>
>Cool. And the ironic thing is that (as of course you know) "graffiti"
>is Italian for "scratches," so this "reverse" is actually closer to
>the original sense (FWIW) than spray painting is.
>
>Well... power washers to the people!
>
>James Harbeck.
>
If it catches on, I might expect it to become "ungraffiti", but that
hasn't happened yet.

LH

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