Urban Dictionary: Fularious Street Slang Defined (Paperback)

by Aaron Peckham (Compiler)
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Product Description
Urbandictionary.com is a very 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, wittiest, 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 messaging 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.

About the Author
urbandictionary.com was founded in 1999 by computer science student Aaron Peckham as a way to document the differences in the urban slang used by northern and southern California university students. Its popularity spread so quickly that it was soon publishing definitions contributed by site visitors from all over the world.

Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing (October 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0740751433
• ISBN-13: 978-0740751431
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #16,296 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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63 of 82 people found the following review helpful:

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

By	David Govett "Too little time, too much future" (Davis, CA, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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.

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

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

By	Stella - See all my reviews

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.

8 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Welcome to your world..., November 23, 2005

By	TifAndRog (San Francisco, CA USA) - See all my reviews

Friggin' hilarious, but also a great collection of regular words we all use (but never realize aren't in a traditional dictionary until you see them here). It's like the book of your life. I felt redeemed seeing "TPS reports" as an entry. Maybe you know "hack" had six definitions, but could you list them? Our inner child grins upon finding "skank" in print. Three days in a row, I've busted out laughing in the train on the way to work. In the spirit of the "Merde!" and "Merde Encore!" French slang dictionaries, this book brings fringe sayings to the mainstream and helps us all understand each other better. Would make a great gift for parents of school-age kids, and, perhaps most importantly, your tragically hip friends.