Graffiti terminology

A number of words and phrases have come to describe different styles and aspects of graffiti. Like all slang and colloquialisms, the phrases vary in different cities and countries. The following terminology comes primarily from the United States. Here are some kinds of graffiti:

back to back

Graffiti that covers a wall from end to end, as seen on some parts of the West-Berlin side of the Berlin Wall. Similarly, trains sometimes receive end to end painting when a carriage has been painted along its entire length. This is often abbreviated as e2e. End to ends used to be called window-downs but this is an older expression that is falling from popularity.

Berlin Wall

backjump
black book

bomb

bite
buff
burner
crew
dress-up
end-to-end
etch
giraffiti
go over
heaven spots
insides
king
married couple
nick
paint-eater
piece (short form of masterpiece)
racking
rusto
scribe
slash
sticky
tag(scribble)
throw-up
top-to-bottom
toy
undersides
up
wack
whole car
whole train
window - down