Meanings
nounwheatpasting (plural wheatpastings)
plural wheatpastings
- The act or activity of affixing posters in public places using wheat paste, typically as a form of activism.
The outreach effort for Tuesday's demo was unprecedented. There was a mass wheatpasting of thousands off posters and flyers, in both English and Spanish, including a series of "Twelve reasons to ACT UP on March 28th."
1989 April 8, Andrew Miller, “Anatomy of a Demo”, in Gay Community News, page 12
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wheatpasting. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wheatpasting
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“wheatpasting.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wheatpasting. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wheatpasting,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wheatpasting.
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