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{{Infobox Website |
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| name = Urban Dictionary |
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| logo = <!-- Commented out because image was deleted: [[Image:UrbanDictionarylogo.gif]] --> |
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| screenshot = [[Image:UDhomepage.png|200px|A screenshot of Urban Dictionary's front page]] |
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| caption = |
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| url = [http://urbandictionary.com/ www.urbandictionary.com] |
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| commercial = Yes |
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| type = [[Slang]] [[Dictionary]] |
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| language = [[English language|English]] |
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| registration = optional |
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| owner = Aaron Peckham |
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| author = Aaron Peckham |
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| launch date = 1999 |
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| current status = active |
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| revenue = |
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| slogan = Define Your World |
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| alexa = ~900 |
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}} |
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'''Urban Dictionary''' is a [[World Wide Web|Web-based]] [[dictionary]] of [[slang]] words and phrases that documents the language of [[urban culture]]s and [[subculture]]s. Users are encouraged to submit new words and new definitions of words already in the dictionary. Submissions are regulated by volunteer editors and rated by other users. |
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==History== |
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The dictionary was founded by Aaron Peckham while he was an undergraduate at [[Cal Poly San Luis Obispo|Cal Poly]]. The site went online in 1999.<ref>{{cite book |author=Aaron Peckham |title=Urban Dictionary: Fularious Street Slang Defined |publisher=Andrews McMeel Publishing |year=2005 |isbn=0-7407-514-33}}</ref> |
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Urban Dictionary displays on its front page a running total of definitions submitted. As of November 2008, the total stands at over 3,443,419 definitions since 1999. |
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==Content== |
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Anonymous users can contribute to Urban Dictionary by submitting new definitions and voting on existing definitions. Most words have multiple definitions. Definitions already in the dictionary can be voted "up" or "down" independently. The definitions with the highest net votes appear highest on the page. |
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According to the site's [[Terms of Service]], anyone submitting words or definitions agrees that Urban Dictionary can do whatever it wants with them. Because of this, users are not permitted to submit [[copyright]]ed material.<ref name=tos>[http://www.urbandictionary.com/tos.php Urban Dictionary: Terms of Service]</ref> |
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Unlike a traditional dictionary, the content presented on Urban Dictionary is often coarse, profane, false or offensive. |
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==Quality control== |
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Any user can participate in Urban Dictionary's [[quality control]] system by registering as a volunteer editor. Editors are encouraged to accept new submissions, including words not widely considered slang, on the grounds that language is rapidly evolving and words often acquire new meanings in common use. Terms considered to be [[racism|racist]], [[homonegativity|homonegative]] or [[sexism|sexist]] [[term of disparagement|slur]]s are acceptable as long as their definitions only document the use of such slurs and are not themselves abusive. Definitions are recommended for rejection if they include personal references to non-celebrities, [[inside jokes]] understood only by a small [[clique]], nonsense, advertisements, or descriptions of sexual violence.<ref name=editor>[http://www.urbandictionary.com/editor Urban Dictionary: Guidelines]</ref> |
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==Publication== |
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In October 2005 a selection of definitions from Urban Dictionary was published in book form. A second book was published in 2007. |
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*''Urban Dictionary: Fularious Street Slang Defined'' (by Aaron Peckham, 320 pages, [[Andrews McMeel Publishing|Andrews McMeel]], 2005, ISBN 0740751433)<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20080207044510/http://dwb.sacbee.com/content/lifestyle/story/14117015p-14946256c.html - In the hot seat: 'Ginormous' Web site makes phat book - look it up - sacbee.com]</ref> |
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*''Mo' Urban Dictionary: Ridonkulous Street Slang Defined'' (by Aaron Peckham, 240 pages, [[Andrews McMeel Publishing|Andrews McMeel]], 2007, ISBN 0740768751) |
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==References== |
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==External links== |
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*[http://doubletongued.org/index.php/grantbarrett/comments/language_evolution_in_the_digital_age Critique of open source dictionaries such as Urban Dictionary and Wiktionary by a lexicographer] |
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*[http://www.urbanup.com/1128968 An Urban Dictionary definition of the term ''Urban Dictionary''] |
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[[Category:Lexicography]] |
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[[Category:Online dictionaries]] |
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[[Category:Slang]] |
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[[Category:Technology in society]] |
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[[Category:Neologisms]] |
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[[Category:Internet slang]] |
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[[Category:Web 2.0]] |
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[[Category:1999 introductions]] |
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[[fr:Urban Dictionary]] |
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[[hr:Urban Dictionary]] |
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[[no:Urbandictionary.com]] |
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[[pt:Dicionário inFormal]] |
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[[fi:Urban Dictionary]] |
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Revision as of 15:58, 4 November 2008
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