scratchiti, n.
Pronunciation: Brit. /skraˈtʃiːti/, U.S. /ˌskræˈtʃidi/
Forms: 19– scratchiti, 19– scratchitti.
Etymology: < scratch v. + -iti (in graffiti, plural of graffito n.). Compare also sgraffito n.
Words or images engraved or etched (illegally) into surfaces in a public place. Cf graffito n. Additions.
1995 Newsday(N.Y.) 6 Apr., It is costing the Transit Authority upwards of $20 million yearly to combat the ‘scratchiti’ inflicted on us by a new generation of defacers.
2000 Evening Chron.(Newcastle) (Nexis) 31 Jan. 7 The Tyneside schoolboys, aged 13 to 14, made a series of attacks including graffiti on bridges, damage to tracks and names scratched on windows—known as scratchiti.
2003 J. Lethem Fortress of Solitude iii. xi. 442 A Plexiglas window covered with minute scratchiti.
2007 Roswell(New Mexico)Daily Rec. 12 July 1 (caption) Graffiti and gouged ‘scratchiti’ on playground equipment.
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