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語源

From throw-up +‎ -ie.

発音

• IPA: /θɹoʊ.i/

名詞

throwie (plural throwies)

1. (slang) A type of graffiti produced relatively quickly, generally with a single-colour outline and one layer of fill colour.

   Synonym: throw-up

   Coordinate term: pasteup

   • 2001, Free agents: a history of Washington, D.C. graffiti, page 71:

     Even more impressive is that at the same time, he kept D.C. locked with a steady flow of tags and throwies […]

   • 2009, Eric Felisbret, Luke Felisbret, James Prigoff, Graffiti New York, page 130:

     IN is legendary because until IZ, he had the most two-letter throwies in history.

アナグラム

• hot-wire, hotwire, worthie