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The Urban Dictionary.

the_great_she_elephant — Sat, 30 Jul 2016 05:56:26 GMT

Who actually writes the Urban Dictionary? Do entries have to be submitted to an editorial committee who decide whether or not they are worthy of inclusion or is it a bit like Wikipedia and anyone can put in any word they like and propose a meaning for it?

Re: The Urban Dictionary.

youcandoityoucandoityoucandoit — Sat, 30 Jul 2016 07:12:14 GMT

I remember reading that it was started, almost as a joke, but now anyone with a gmail account or facebook could make a post, it's edited by volunteers..

Not sure if thats still happening

Re: The Urban Dictionary.

debra9275 — Sat, 30 Jul 2016 08:07:30 GMT

I know very little about it and never even think to look at it

Thanks youcan, interesting!

are you thinking of adding some new words She-ele? 🙂

Re: The Urban Dictionary.

myoclon1cjerk — Sat, 30 Jul 2016 08:11:38 GMT

Butt Pepsi's already in it, so I'll have to come up with another one. 😄

Re: The Urban Dictionary.

the_great_she_elephant — Sat, 30 Jul 2016 11:30:19 GMT

are you thinking of adding some new words She-ele?

Hehehe; It's tempting Deb. I don't think there many words in the English language that haven't already been given 'alternative' meanings there.

Re: The Urban Dictionary.

the_great_she_elephant — Sun, 31 Jul 2016 02:14:58 GMT

It might be more fun though to start a Social Media Dictionary

I could start with my definition of "expertease" - the art of getting up noses on a chat board without incurring the wrath of the moderator(s) and follow it up with "alien moll" someone who tries to get up noses on a chat board but lacks the expertease to do it successfully.

Re: The Urban Dictionary.

Anonymous — Sun, 31 Jul 2016 04:20:02 GMT

@the_great_she_elephant wrote:
Who actually writes the Urban Dictionary? Do entries have to be submitted to an editorial committee who decide whether or not they are worthy of inclusion or is it a bit like Wikipedia and anyone can put in any word they like and propose a meaning for it?

that's not exactly how wiki works

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia

Re: The Urban Dictionary.

the_great_she_elephant — Sun, 31 Jul 2016 05:06:15 GMT

Thanks Raptor. In fairness I did ask if it was a bit like Wikipedia; and according to your link, when Wikipedia first started it was: "almost entirely open—anyone could create articles, and any Wikipedia article could be edited by any reader, even those who did not have a Wikipedia account."

Maybe Urban Dictionary has evolved, or is in the process of doing so, in the same way. I guess because it is a dictionary of cultural usage rather than an encyclopedia it is less constrained by a need for accuracy.

Re: The Urban Dictionary.

lloydslights — Sun, 31 Jul 2016 05:20:40 GMT

Wouldn't the alien moll entry precede expertease?

Alphabetically, I mean.

Otherwise, there'd be people all over the place getting into a tizz.

Re: The Urban Dictionary.

imastawka — Sun, 31 Jul 2016 05:23:47 GMT

@lloydslights wrote:
Wouldn't the alien moll entry precede expertease?

Alphabetically, I mean.

Otherwise, there'd be people all over the place getting into a tizz.

Is a tizz a two or four wheeled vehicle?

I'll have to look it up

Re: The Urban Dictionary.

Anonymous — Sun, 31 Jul 2016 05:28:39 GMT

wiki doesn't work like a dictionary though.

in fact, it says it must not.

its more of a huge reference 'book'
where contributors must supply

their source.

it is true that anyone has the ability
to change any content.

i have seen instances where someone

sabotaged an entry, but that is usually

immediately picked up and corrected.

there have been some 'funny' ones:

http://au.complex.com/pop-culture/2013/03/the-50-most-outrageous-wikipedia-hacks/

Re: The Urban Dictionary.

lloydslights — Sun, 31 Jul 2016 05:29:35 GMT

Careful where you look, Stawka.

Re: The Urban Dictionary.

lloydslights — Sun, 31 Jul 2016 06:58:47 GMT

Tizz

(i) Is not a 2 or 4 wheeled automobile. It is driven though - in mysterious circles. And can be wheeled out at the drop of wine glass.

(ii)Could be classed as an out-fit. "Come as you are" non-refined apparel.

DEB

Re: The Urban Dictionary.

imastawka — Sun, 31 Jul 2016 07:07:42 GMT

Can it be juxtaposed with a huff?

Cos I went off in one of those once (or twice, or.......never mind)

Re: The Urban Dictionary.

lloydslights — Sun, 31 Jul 2016 07:37:04 GMT

A "huff "is often a justifiable exiting response to opposing declarations brought about by non- or ill-informed ~~fools~~ combatants of the arena.

The Huff action is often accompanied by the well-known pacificts' vernacular "Whatever"

(As opposed to Trounce - could include a slight flick of hair, accompanied by the statement : "I don't care if I'm not right. You're stupid"; they offer attention to the acoustics of wooden floorboards by a certain motion of the feet at time of exiting.)

Re: The Urban Dictionary.

imastawka — Sun, 31 Jul 2016 08:05:33 GMT

Thusly.......... Yep, accoustics are good.

Trounce and flounce are not the same though.

The flouncing works with a huff I believe

Re: The Urban Dictionary.

lloydslights — Sun, 31 Jul 2016 08:09:31 GMT

Can't keep up, Stawka....the old brain and all.

I gotta bounce out of here for a while.

DEB

Re: The Urban Dictionary.

the_great_she_elephant — Sun, 31 Jul 2016 10:53:44 GMT

@lloydslights wrote:
Wouldn't the alien moll entry precede expertease?

Alphabetically, I mean.

Otherwise, there'd be people all over the place getting into a tizz.

Good point, Lloyds, but it would only apply to the order that entries appeared in the dictionary, Not the order in which they were submitted. If entries could only ever be submitted in alphabetical order and the first one submitted was zygote, you'd end up with a very short dictionary.

Re: The Urban Dictionary.

lloydslights — Sun, 31 Jul 2016 23:43:34 GMT

SUBMISSION FOR SOCIAL MEDIA DICTIONARY

ZYGOTE definitions

i) a nursery, hot-bed, or breeding ground for gossip;

ii) an entity that often wants the last word.

I am hoping that there will be backfire

DEB

Re: The Urban Dictionary.

k0llectable5 — Mon, 01 Aug 2016 01:30:58 GMT

In this day and age I kinda dig the urban dictionary. There are heaps of made up words which need a platform imo.

Like songify: to make stuff into a song that wasn't intended to be a song... lol Check out Schmoyoho on yt to see the inventors of this great word 🙂 Not that they invented songifying "stuff" they just coined a word for the process 😉