scratchiti

English

Etymology

Blend of scratch +‎ graffiti

Noun

scratchiti (uncountable)

1. A form of graffiti that is scratched into a surface, rather than drawn or painted.
   • 2007, Sid Nasr, Passing the American Charivari, page 35:

     “What a trip!” Land had said as we took our seats on the Red Line. The seats were brand spanking new with no graffiti or scratchiti on the walls or windows and no need to purchase tickets!

   • 2008 March 20, Cintra Wilson, “Better Angel, Out of the Dressing Room!”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     The zebrawood paneling is beginning to get the scratchiti veneer of a grade-school desktop.