About
Drawfag is a slang term used to describe users in online communities that post their own art creations, usually in the form of drawings.
Origin
The term is believed to have originated from the image board site 4chan. One of the earliest recorded mentions of the term was on August 22nd, 2007, by DeviantArt user Alseid on his image titled “Snape – Fuck your court”. The user explains that the image was a request made in a “Drawfag” thread on 4chan’s /co/ board.[1] One of the earliest recorded mentions of the term on 4chan that still exist dates back to December 19th, 2007, on the /tg/ board.[2]
Spread
On 4chan archiving site archive.moe, typing the keyword “Drawfag” would yield more than 137.000 posts as of July, 2015.[3] On January 4th, 2010, Urban Dictionary user /y/ Anon submitted an entry regarding the term.[4] On January 18th, 2011, an entry regarding the term was submitted to 1d4chan.[5] The /drc/ board in 8chan was launched that focuses on users sharing and discussing their art creations.[6]
Search Interest
Not available.
External References
[1]Deviantart – Snape – Fuck your court
by Alseid
[2]4chan – /tg/ thread
[3]archive.moe – Keyword Search For Drawfag
[6]8chan – /drc/ (NSFW)