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-gitfiti _noun_ : carefully crafted griffiti in a github commit history calendar.
+gitfiti _noun_ : carefully crafted graffiti in a github commit history calendar.
 
-`gitfiti.py` is a tool I wrote to (blatantly) abuse your github account's commit history calendar.
+`gitfiti.py` is a tool I wrote to decorate your github account's commit history calendar by (blatantly) abusing git.
 
 I highly recommend that you create a _new_ github repo when using gitfiti.