Urban Dictionary: Fularious Street Slang Defined [Paperback]

urbandictionary.com (Author), Aaron Peckham (Compiler)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 2005

Urbandictionary.com--bearing the slogan "Define Your World"--serves more than 1.5 million visitors each month. Perfect for those who want to pick up some new slang and those who want to translate it, Urban Dictionary is a gritty and witty look at our ever-changing language.

Urbandictionary.com is a wildly successful site that encourages users to define the world with their own unique terms. In Urban Dictionary, site founder Aaron Peckham culls his more than 170,000 definitions for the funniest, and most provocative phrases that define the modern slang scene.

Within urbandictionary.com's lively lexicon are:

* business provocative--Attire used to provoke sexual attention in the workplace.

* compunicate--To chat with someone in the same room via instant messenging service instead of in person.

* dandruff--A person who "flakes out" and ditches their friends.

* wingman--A guy who takes one for the team by hooking up with a hot girl's ugly friend so his own friend can hook up with the hot girl.

Perfect for those who want to pick up some new slang and those who want to translate it, Urban Dictionary is a gritty and witty look at our ever-changing language.

Urban Dictionary covers the language that encompasses the trials and tribulations that anyone under 30 encounters--and leaves everyone over 30 scratching their heads but wanting to know more.

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About the Author

Founded in 1999 by college student Aaron Peckham as a parody of the dictionary, urbandictionary.com features definitions written by people from all over the world. Since then, Urban Dictionary has been cited in court, in graduation speeches, and by countless news media outlets, including CNN and Time magazine. Aaron listens for the newest words and phrases in San Francisco, Calif.

Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing (October 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0740751433
• ISBN-13: 978-0740751431
• Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #193,723 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #63 in Books > Education & Reference > Dictionaries & Thesauruses > Slang & Idioms

More About the Author

Founded in 1999 by college student Aaron Peckham as a parody of the dictionary, UrbanDictionary.com features definitions written by people from all over the world. Since then, Urban Dictionary has been cited in court, in graduation speeches, and by countless news media outlets, including CNN and Time magazine.

Customer Reviews

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82 of 106 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Lame but otherwise awful, December 17, 2005

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David Govett "Too little time, too much future" (Davis, CA, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Urban Dictionary: Fularious Street Slang Defined (Paperback)

Easily the worst book I've (partially) read in years.
It contains about 2000 words, and about half of which are ancient slang that you already know and that date back as far as the 19th century and beyond.
Examples from just a few pages include coke (Coca-Cola), cold (heartless), college (you guessed it, college), coed, c-note, cool, cooties, cop a feel...well, you get the idea.
Of the remaining words, most are drug slang, unfunny jokes about George Bush's intelligence, and a few mildly imaginative and creative neologisms that hardly make up for this pathethic paste-job.
Worst of all, slang words that the dictionary does not define are used to define other words, leaving the reader scratching his/her head.
Rather than degrade your English to no good end, save your money and visit urbandictionary.com, if you absolutely must.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A poor rendition, August 6, 2008

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Ariel S. Richtman "man.dovvn" (Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Urban Dictionary: Fularious Street Slang Defined (Paperback)

Basically missing all the best [read: rude and offensive] bits of the website. Buy it if you wanna support them and have something to rest your mug on. I've read it cover to cover and it was nowhere near as good as the website.

13 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect holiday gift for the office, November 17, 2005

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Stella - See all my reviews

This review is from: Urban Dictionary: Fularious Street Slang Defined (Paperback)

I love this book. So what if it's not filled with smut. The fact that the book is not as racy as the website makes it perfect as a holiday present for my co-workers, who I constantly tease about being terminally unhip. The book will go a long way to getting them up to speed on pop culture language, without the risk of a sexual harassment suit on my hands. And they may even get a chuckle out of it.