• displaying [ultramodernism] or [experimental] style, especially in art or literature


    Avant garde meaning & definition 1 of Avant garde.


  • All things considered to be ultramodern, advanced, or ahead of its time.

    Avant garde meaning & definition 2 of Avant garde.


  • a term used by people who like to give the impression that they are intellectual art connoisseurs when they are trying to describe a quality of a piece of art that they dont understand at all and might not even be there. There are a few who use this term correctly (to describe ultramodernism or experimentation in modern art), but most who use it are ignorant and in denial regarding their own artistic mediocrity.

    Avant garde meaning & definition 3 of Avant garde.


  • The grown-up word for [hipster]. Anything that dirty, hippie, English-major types use to make regular people feel inadequate and uncultured.
    Alternatively, anything that regular/already established in their career people would disregard as shit. A term used to protect those true artists whose genius is just misunderstood.

    Avant garde meaning & definition 4 of Avant garde.


  • something boring that has intentionally been made annoyingly visually unsatisfying, unmusical, or otherwise obtuse in order to convince the listener, viewer, or reader that its creators are interesting and intelligent.

    Avant garde meaning & definition 5 of Avant garde.


  • a pretentious way to call something pretentious (if youre an idot/hack/wanker), typically accompanied by a sarcastic smirk of perceived superiority and the speech pattern often associated with witty remarks, but missing the intelligent aspect of such;

    a segue into snark, when bumbling blowhards overuse the word to describe things that arent even remotely avant garde;

    a way to acknowledge the originality (and often, the unconventionality) of a work, typically with the implication that it is advancing its medium rather that simply being ludicrous, whilst eschewing the ethnocentric desire to make such a comment in ones native tongue (assuming youre not French).

    Avant garde meaning & definition 6 of Avant garde.


  • The look of a coffee chick.

    Avant garde meaning & definition 7 of Avant garde.


  • [the French] [word] for [bullshit]

    Avant garde meaning & definition 8 of Avant garde.


  • Someone who thinks they are too cool for school. They think they have the flyest kicks, and gear bruh. Usually can be seen wearing skinny jeans, and a cardigan, with matching [nike sbs]. they think they are ahead of their time, even though all the other [dbs] are wearing the same thing.
    Generally these are the people you think are faggots.
    They are trying to be trend [setters], for trends already set,homo.

    Avant garde meaning & definition 9 of Avant garde.


  • School ERP solution for Indian, EMEA, Singapore and South Asian markets. A software product by Sharad Technologies

    Avant garde meaning & definition 10 of Avant garde.

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