Graffiti it is a rapidly developing art form whose value is highly contested and reviled by many authorities while also subject to protection, sometimes within the same jurisdiction. Both "graffiti" and its occasional singular form "graffito" are from the Italian word "graffiato" ("scratched"). "Graffiti" is applied in art history to works of art produced by scratching a design into a surface. A related term is "sgraffito", which involves scratching through one layer of pigment to reveal another beneath it. This technique was primarily used by potters who would glaze their wares and then scratch a design into it. In ancient times
Singular they person might indicate antipathy or other negative emotions. "It" can also be used for non-human animals of unspecified gender, though "they" is common for pets and other domesticated animals of unspecified gender, especially when referred to by a proper name (e.g. "Rags", "Snuggles"). It is uncommon to use singular "they" instead of "it" for something other than a life form. Singular they Singular "they" is the use in English of the pronoun "they" or its inflected or derivative forms, "them", "their", "theirs", and "themselves" (or "themself"), as an epicene (gender-neutral) singular pronoun. It typically occurs with an unspecified antecedent, as