wheatpasting

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wheatpasting (plural wheatpastings)

  1. The act or activity of affixing posters in public places using wheat paste, typically as a form of activism.
    • 1989 April 8, Andrew Miller, “Anatomy of a Demo”, in Gay Community News, page 12:
      The outreach effort for Tuesday's demo was unprecedented. There was a mass wheatpasting of thousands off posters and flyers, in both English and Spanish, including a series of "Twelve reasons to ACT UP on March 28th."