wheatpaste

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verb

To put up posters in public spaces as a form of activism.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

nounwheatpaste (countable and uncountable, plural wheatpastes)

plural wheatpastes

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of wheat paste.
verbwheatpaste (third-person singular simple present wheatpastes, present participle wheatpasting, simple past and past participle wheatpasted)

present singular third person wheatpastes · participle present wheatpasting · participle past wheatpasted · past wheatpasted

  1. intransitivetransitiveTo put up posters in public spaces as a form of activism.

    Politically irreverent lesbian age 25 seeks other lezzie(s) to frolic, argue, and wheatpaste with.

    1990 December 23, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, volume 18, number 23, page 13
    1 more example

    Jen Wofford, a local activist, was arrested and detained last September for wheatpasting Queer Nation posters.

    1991 February 11, Ed Boyce, “Bashers With Badges”, in Gay Community News, volume 18, number 29, page 6
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