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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]
American Heritage Idioms
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Phrase(s): 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.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs