A-Z GRAFFITI SLANG // MUST KNOW WORDS for anyone getting into graffiti!!
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Remember people some graffiti slang is not universal, so what I'm telling you here may not be applicable to where you are. Best thing to do is NOT take this as gospel but start learning the lingo from your location by talking and interacting with others. The best tips and tricks for graffiti don't happen on the internet
Don't forget to check out my previous on 10 types of graffiti
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Definitely a must to understand a lot of the definitions in this vid.
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I feel like being a toy is like being a poser in skating. People who act like they’re good at skating and have a huge ego but actually suck. I’d skate with a terrible skater as long as their mentality is cool
@shadowdancer1389
2 жыл бұрын
I am new to graffiti and I suck at it. would I be considered a toy or does it also have to do with the persons attitude?
@adevore1971
2 жыл бұрын
Should one practice A LOT on paper or plywood first b4 hitting the streets??
@Andrew-tc1cg
2 жыл бұрын
@@adevore1971 try paper for abt 2 days then hit streets but if ur using a bad nib marker dont do stuff such as wood
@arthur-tt5wh
2 жыл бұрын
Am i a toy if im new to graffiti and i really wanna tag? I dont wanna look cool or anything
@bezd6893
2 жыл бұрын
@@arthur-tt5wh then nah ur not toy
Does KZread want me to start doing graffiti or something with all these KZread recommendations?
@Edukacija2018
5 жыл бұрын
Get ur cans
@prunehead
5 жыл бұрын
Yes, yes it does. Doesn't have to be any heavy involvement though, just at least grab a sharpie and hit up any bus/train you take
@lata_merrocoffeeandchill6728
5 жыл бұрын
Yea man get ur cans
@Ctener12
5 жыл бұрын
yeah, we need a fresh blood . someone who will make graffiti greate again
@akebomba1011
5 жыл бұрын
Rack some cans and markers and go outside. I promise you, it will be fun
im a fuckin toy
@luckyluke5614
5 жыл бұрын
Same, i dont have the time to get good
@SHYEZ
5 жыл бұрын
@@luckyluke5614 then it just takes longer to get good, just dont give up
@tenebrisks
5 жыл бұрын
dont critizing ur self mate!
@misterclean7570
5 жыл бұрын
Weird flex but ok
@kanceroner5456
5 жыл бұрын
I'm a square
If it’s your local graff store I wouldn’t support stealing there but if it was in Bunnings or super cheap auto that’s fin to me
@kojapiano7437
3 жыл бұрын
What do you mean
@Azzooooooo
3 жыл бұрын
I'm aussie also
@Mistakiz1
3 жыл бұрын
For you Americans up top it's like a local parts store for cars houses etc
@windowsealtoo
3 жыл бұрын
"Where lowest prices are just the beginning"
@huzrokhayzur2197
3 жыл бұрын
Buuuuning Waaarehouse
2:50 that's me 😂
@geoz37_39
5 жыл бұрын
Zark Oner LoL yeah
@moussafedior2001
5 жыл бұрын
Grande zark
@sly9998
5 жыл бұрын
yepo
@zem6300
5 жыл бұрын
Dante Pillon Oner is something people like to add to the end of their name. People also add Dr., One, just Rs, etc.
@willowdynamite9297
4 жыл бұрын
@@dantepillon It may also mean a solo tagger, so that you show you have no affiliation with a crew, gang, etc.
racked paint is what the buffers use when they do their burners 😂
@thericefield7169
4 жыл бұрын
b b b burners
@darkqwartzsytal834
3 жыл бұрын
B u r n e r s **proeceeds to make the grudge noises**
@zwenkwiel816
Жыл бұрын
to be fair if you're be a buffer you'd have all the inside knowledge and everything...
roll up, throw up, wild style, whole train, top to botton, wack, end2end, jungle green, 12oz etc etc
@jihad4realniz
4 жыл бұрын
Rooftop,skinny,fatcap...the List is long
@DeeJazz
2 жыл бұрын
@@jihad4realniz absolutely 💯🙄
This dude is dropping knowledge for young youth. Cool vid bud
Getting up: tagging or catching as many spots as possible, in one night/day, usually in high visibility areas or heavily trafficked areas, within a single city.
Dang I just started graffiti and I've tried a few different styles and tags in my old sketchbook and I didn't think copying was a thing but now I realize it's like handwriting in a way which is pretty cool. Also I am a "toy" I guess lol.
@Chris-gh6ux
4 жыл бұрын
ネズミ 尺 卂 ㄒ yeah ur considered a toy. it’s all good bc im a toy too
@maximohartmann5858
Жыл бұрын
Hi, me too im a toy :D
@studiooftheoldwind137
Жыл бұрын
Toy gang 👑👑👑👑👑
@EmberClawWCUE
7 ай бұрын
Toy gang!!!!!
@ob_stacle
16 күн бұрын
we all toys but everyone was a toy at some point, just takes lots of time and practice and eventually you'll develop your own style that's good and that u like, don't get unmotivated by the haters just do what u love and stay consistent
Landmarks: a tag that has stood the test of time and has been rockin for years, or decades, and hasn't been touched since (buffed, capped, slashed, etc).
@gummybearvitamins1211
2 жыл бұрын
Me and boys did a piece like that shits been up for years some people tagged over it and their shit faded away
@soulassassin0g
2 жыл бұрын
@@gummybearvitamins1211 some people just don't appreciate other people's work, like, unless they're trying to start beef you shouldn't tag over anyone ever.
One liner, that's new to me lol where im from we call them nonstops
@ODKGRAFF
5 жыл бұрын
Australian or oceanic slang,
@FreewayKingz
5 жыл бұрын
We call it nonstop here in California
@darkyy6204
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah here in OC we call em non stops ..!
@semoskeart
4 жыл бұрын
Philly we call it oneliner
@simplyskidz7435
4 жыл бұрын
@@semoskeart fellow philadelphian! im new to this and somehow instinctively call them oneliners.
I sent this to my boy who just started out and he said you are very informative. Thanks bro bro!
3:41 hey that's the s-train in Copenhagen I remember my older brother taking me out for a quick run where I would tag the trains with him
Well... I dont even know the alphabet soooo...
@hi-wm7tb
5 жыл бұрын
Absetutely baller
@docmcstuffins6300
4 жыл бұрын
@@Charwoah i wholeheartedly agree with what you have said.
@dailyyy_
4 жыл бұрын
How tf
@popovicc89
4 жыл бұрын
Baller
Thanks for helping a fellow creator out. I love graffiti art it's so cool
Shout out to Europe and the rest of the world for keeping graffiti alive for so long
How old are you son ..i started in 81 bring some of those terms in most of your terms ate correct but there are way more but good vid like it keep it up
Burner where I'm from always stood for a large piece that incorporates a character with a name. It's always a full color complete "Piece/Master". Usually large, (Storefront/wall). No trains get bombed here in NY anymore unfortunately. Great video! I'm subbing.
@theomegamale5335
2 жыл бұрын
Yup same, cuz a burner is straight fire
I love graff slang! I’ve been saying rack since I was a little kid cuz my older brother writes but I didn’t even know that the term came from graffiti until I watched this video
3:23 I'm a natural one liner, I've been writing like that since I was a kid. Good to know that shit can transition over to this.
ilegally stealing
@grafflounge8047
5 жыл бұрын
a tautology...although I guess stealing something like...someone's heart, isn't technically illegal
@douglaswares5614
5 жыл бұрын
Where’s toe jam.. ?. Haha..
@user-xs1nh3hy5n
5 жыл бұрын
I only steal my paint legally
@membersonlyvr4626
5 жыл бұрын
@@user-xs1nh3hy5n same, I would never do anything illegal
@leblonk5428
5 жыл бұрын
In some countries stealing is almost legal so you're not totally wrong ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
This free knowledge is nice. Makes me wanna explore graffiti myself.
@Loctorak
2 жыл бұрын
If its free knowledge you want, how about a bit of this? 'The longest ever recorded distance a chicken has covered in flight is 91.9m.'
@adevore1971
2 жыл бұрын
@@Loctorak lol
@zwenkwiel816
Жыл бұрын
you don't really need knowledge for graffiti though, just paint XD
4:35 Ahahah that’s funny, there’s a graffiti legend in my city called disk.
@morgun6678
3 жыл бұрын
I think it says pike
@shot9495
3 жыл бұрын
Morgun I’m talking about the one after Pike.
@morgun6678
3 жыл бұрын
@@shot9495 Oh ok, sorry 😅
@shot9495
3 жыл бұрын
Morgun No worries man.
Lay-up doesn't have to just be a yard,can be where a train pulls up for an extended period or multiple trains line up to pick up shit tons of people after major events . Also, Smart,to never connect yourself with your tag on a public forum or arena. I.e. I may or may not write,where and what. No one will ever know. I'm just a guy. Keeps things cop free for decades 😉
@adevore1971
2 жыл бұрын
Your pic looks like a dude in Miami in a vid on graffiti I just watched.. lol
@Edfgt
2 жыл бұрын
Thats a backjump mate
@carcaridon
2 жыл бұрын
@@Edfgt Not where I'm from. Been writing for 36 years. Different areas different slang different generation. But I learned from real old school
@carcaridon
2 жыл бұрын
@@adevore1971 lol nope,that's lil Aussie me ballied up !
@adevore1971
2 жыл бұрын
@@carcaridon ima guess you're about 50? Writing 36years.. am I close?
Nice vid my bro, amazing as always!
damn I subscribed to you the other day and you had like 700 followers, you’re growing hella fast man
@adevore1971
2 жыл бұрын
3 years later.. new sub here
That opening was gold! I’ve gotta memorize that and use it as a test. “That’s what all the buffers use when they do their burners”
Where I live we call spots that can literally take you off the census (killed); "heaven spots". For example the side of a bridge or a building, roofs, ledges, etc, literally any spot where one wrong move can send you to heaven is a heaven spot.
Dope vid and music. I’m def a toy but we working on getting up! Thanks for this
Yo that "aloner" piece was dope though...lol we've all been there everybody had to learn
@JohnDoe-zq1ho
4 жыл бұрын
trey kearns you’ve got to be fucking joking hahahaha
Missed a few. Spot jocking, stainers, floaters, clean trains, racking, stamped, rollers, hang downs.. Well a couple of these you did cover but used different terminology. Guess it boils down to location.
2:15 FRIKIN' THATS AMAZING 11/10
@StillLivingReckless
5 жыл бұрын
thats Sofles my dude, he's got style
Like it man! You just did my Brain more lees
"Yoyoyoyoyoyoyoyoyoyoyoyoyo the doctor just told me i was positive, alright lets keep the good vibes B-)"
This was really interesting! Gonna help me out a lot
BUR-BUR-BUR-BUR BURNERS. Very informative, thank you Banksy. 💪
Thanks for using Bates and Atom One Pictures! Awesome !
In Cali we call the “chill Spots” yards
You learned me a new thinks, ty :)
Yes g good vid broski
Heya, what does KELT mean? I found this KELT on my fence, and within an hour it was covered up with a thin grey/white paint but still see-through? Do I have to be scared?
That intro was amazing.
Top to bottom End to end Fame Jam I miss theese words :D
This video helpt me alot thank you!
Loving your videos.
Why is it that some names are kind of made into a verb? Like Monk turns to Monker, Delt to Delter, Grim to Grimmer. Also a lot of people add 1 or One after the name as well.
1 liner can be throwie or tag, DESTROY, to go out and have fun. Did you cover "run up" and "lay up"?
In the us southern California specifically we call chill spots yards and what ever crew claims it it’ll be called 767 yard or 025 yard
@zwenkwiel816
Жыл бұрын
then what do you call actual yards? (like place where they store the trains?)
Wholecar... Atom One yes man!!! Dortmund represent
I’ve been seen “Nekst” on plenty of your videos man. He did a burner down the street from me
@majapahitempire6732
5 жыл бұрын
King Nekst 💙
@Chris-gh6ux
4 жыл бұрын
Sushi Roll i thought he died?
Here's a graff thesaurus. Small simple and to the point. Pieces;burners Getting ups;marker tagging Spraying;bombing
Im having fun watching these videos
When your not actually into graffiti but wanna write a fanfic and use accurate slang
Haha that shop is in my hood in LA. Its called Maintain pretty sick graff shop.
Just wondering, but are there any particular unsaid rules in chill spots someone should know about? Because I don’t want problems with anyone...
Thanks I am gonna subscribe..I learnt so much lingo
i know disk myself,that was one of his earlier works ,hes realy good now
I used to hear guys using the term “production” when it was 2 or 3 pieces with matching color schemes and characters.
Thanks man your dope
@grafflounge8047
6 жыл бұрын
STEPHEN De Souza thanks bro
4:03 brah the classic Tribal shirt. Memories.
Climbing doesn’t always lead to a heaven spot but it’s a good way to avoid the buff
Yo those background handstyles on the thumbnail are dank as fuck
Hello I have a question I am 12 years old 1 year Graffiti only in blackbooks and wanted to ask who had painted in 1:47 the so the graffiti writer of the 3d thanks for the answer: D
This is really awesome
I dident know that wiht the BLACK BOOK.But,thanks😁👍
we pulled of our first rack today at poundland lots of acrilic markers :)
Nice💗
So uh when you’re doing graffiti, do you just make up your own type of alphabet and style? Or there are styles to do that are already created
key lines or bands. Throws, euro, anti style, king, all city, slash, hand style. Peace from wellington bro.
@Occult_Gibbet
Жыл бұрын
SCRATCHY? DUSTY? GALV? CHROME? BANGER?
@Occult_Gibbet
Жыл бұрын
Spotting?
1:21 yo that's maintaiin! I live around that area tf😂😂
U forgot wholetrain. It is pretty Common in Germany (watch the Berlinkidz 1UP Videos) But it pretty much explains by itself
3:38 EYY EASER U MADE IT MY BOYS
@idk-hh1uw
3 жыл бұрын
He’s a toy
@zurcloveslocking
3 жыл бұрын
@@idk-hh1uw hdf?
dope😍😍
@grafflounge8047
6 жыл бұрын
Jonathan Andersson thanks man
I once knew a heaven spot piecer. Grump. His style was wack, but his spots were nuthin short of legendary. I once seen a grumpsta piece on a roof of an old factory, right on the pier docks, on a shipping container yard. Well over 200 feet up, on a 90 degree angle, nowhere to even step, he must have been a rockclimber in his spare time with ropes, his spots were never buffed cos of how hard tbey were to get to. Many of his throwys and pieces remaremai n even today. Some laughed at his style, but most were met with, but woulc you go up there? Exactly. Its weird, now thinking, Poor guy prob fell off a roof
was pleased to see you put some UK graff in there tho
@esod8285
5 жыл бұрын
The word your looking for for that euro garbage is Pussy-shit. Pussy-shit. noun// Euro biter garbage done usually by youth in country's that don't have guns that only do it because they saw it in states. Graffiti done without fear of being shot. "hey I saw that pussy-shit those euro kids were throwing on trains on KZread but they ran off because the cops came and whistled at them"
@kylelozinski6976
5 жыл бұрын
E Sod I’m pretty sure you’re not gonna get shot for drawing graffiti in America 😂 art is art, whether or not there’s consequences. Graffiti was always used to speak out or to show art in a controversial way to generate attention. Europe has some amazing artists, you just need to know where to look.
@esod8285
5 жыл бұрын
@@stannos499 if you get caught by a pussy with a whistle you deserve to go to the play pens you guys call prisons. Brush up on your patty cake skills. You guys are just biting a culture you know nothing about.
hello my big problem is that I can't make up a good graffiti nickname and I always find it inadequate I invented eg Gos and could you please tell me your opinion on these nicknames
Still subbed and love your content though!
Nice 👍
Maybe I would explain freight. Altough its very informative video👍
0:06 mans just activated 10x speed with his own hands
Nice bro
dope video appreciate B-)
Thank bro
Dope
Some nice work in the pictures😂
I can never decipher graffiti but I like how it looks
Is there slang so I can contact other ppl in my area like other ppl who do graffiti
1:28 where can i find more work by the one on the right? I believe it says kels.
Mad funny 😂😂
Am I a toy if I don’t plan on doing actual graffiti but want to learn the culture and add aspects of into my art? Tbh I could see myself making little pictures as graffiti, the urge is there, but I don’t plan on it, just really like the movement and gritty edge to it.
Pretty much right except the term "burner" to me and people I know it means 1 of 2 things. 1 a tag scribe fill whatever that has been "burning" for a long time like a year or longer. Mostly what older heads go for instead if a Hollywood spot that will get more eyes but have less longevity. The ladder term is for a straight letter with a little more steez.
@esod8285
5 жыл бұрын
So I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that you chill with a bunch of toys... I'm guessing that you also use the you use the term burner as an adjective.
@DanielGonzalez-yn2vi
5 жыл бұрын
E Sod no to former yes to the ladder "That tag been burning for like 4 years bruh" "That's a burner ass spot" I'm going to join you on that limb and say I have writes up longer than you been "into graffiti"
@esod8285
5 жыл бұрын
@@DanielGonzalez-yn2vi if your friends talk like that their toys. I've heard that spots been riding for years. I've heard that place has been hot for years (which is where the term came from I don't care what you googled) but anyone that uses the term as an adjective is toy as fuck. Period.
@Jay-pu2pd
5 жыл бұрын
Read subway art there is only one definition of burner
@bboydrew71
5 жыл бұрын
Burner a piece of graff thats sooooo dope its on fire,burning the wall
2:25 I feel like ja can “cap” anyone he wants 😭😂
Hey im new to tags and don’t wanna be a toy but what words should I youse for tags
Never heard of bench or benching good to know tho
The national toy book of the graff community
Read don't want to shine by Antonio cancino teran..
What you write, i jock, all city, block head, tag ups, throw ups, back to back, rusto, hop the dee train, head down town, hit up some sweet spots in the day, jet back up town before five bump what you boosted, hit the rib up get fresh, spend some scratch and bomb at night.
Can you make a video on graffiti lettering
Caps throw up is beast