culture vulture
noun Slang.
a person with an excessive or pretentious interest in the arts.
Nearby words
culture medium, culture pattern, culture shock, culture specific syndrome, culture trait, culture vulture, culture war, culture-free test, cultured, cultured pearl, culturist
Origin of culture vulture
First recorded in 1945–50
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British Dictionary definitions for culture vulture
culture vulture
noun
informal a person considered to be excessively, and often pretentiously, interested in the arts
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Idioms and Phrases with culture vulture
culture vulture
An individual with a consuming or excessive interest in the arts. For example, A relentless culture vulture, she dragged her children to every museum in town. This slangy term may have been originated by Ogden Nash, who wrote: “There is a vulture Who circles above The carcass of culture” (Free Wheeling, 1931). [1940s]
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