culture vulture

Someone who has an avid interest in the arts. Helen is quite the culture vulture. She attends the theater at least once a month.

culture vulture

someone whom one considers to be excessively interested in the (classical) arts. She won't go to a funny film. She's a real culture vulture. They watch only highbrow television. They're culture vultures.

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]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
RosalÍA	-	Spanish, Galician
Arezu	-	Persian
Rhode	-	Ancient Greek, Biblical Greek, Biblical Latin
Shakura	-	Arabic
Milla	MEEL-lah (Finnish)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish
Hedviga	-	Slovak