UrbanDictionary : Define Your World
Tags: crowd wisdom, dictionary, directory, fun | Added: 27 Jul, 2007 (7,751 Views)UrbanDictionary is a hilarious (and practical) user-maintained dictionary where users provide and vote on definitions for urban words (slangs). Terms are not limited to standard English words but also include any kind of sayings, comments, jargons and slangs that are used by people. Basically anything people use in daily talk.
“Urban Dictionary is a slang dictionary with your definitions. Define your world.”
Some Urban Words:
rock start parking: Parking directly outside the door of a bar, club or restaurant.
breaking the seal: When drinking, the first time you urinate, after which you have to go every 10 min.
january joiner: Joining the gym in January, over it by February.
Some UD Features
- Search for words, browse words by alphabet, or by latest additions.
- Word of the day (http://www.urbandictionary.com/daily.php).
- Vote on word definitions to make the better ones appear higher.
- Define words with text, images or even sounds.
- RSS Subscribe options: for ‘newest words’ or ‘word of the day’.
- Lookup word definitions directly from your mobile phone.
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