culture-vulture

culture vulture

noun Slang.
a person with an excessive or pretentious interest in the arts.

Origin:
1945–50
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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Slang Dictionary

culture-vulture definition


  1. n.
    an avid supporter of the arts. : Many culture-vultures seem to be long on enthusiasm and short on taste.
  2. n.
    someone who exploits the arts for monetary gain. : Some culture-vultures are throwing a wine and cheese party on behalf of some of the young dolts they have grubstaked.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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