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The art of applying paint like you're mad at the wall.
means To smear or spread paint, mud, or plaster roughly and thickly, rather than apply it with any real skill or care.
from From Old French 'dauber' meaning to plaster or whitewash, which traces back to Latin 'dealbare' — a combo of 'de-' (thoroughly) and 'albare/albus' (to whiten, white). So the word's deepest root is literally about slathering something white on a wall, long before it came to mean any sloppy, heavy-handed smear of paint.
- origin
- from latin dealbare, to whitewash
- art slang
- insult for a clumsy, crude painting
- construction use
- mud or clay plastered over wattle
- verb energy
- implies thick, careless, hasty strokes