Urban Dictionary Aaron Peckham, who started the online site Urban Dictionary in 1999 when he was a freshman at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, stands with his laptop open to the website at the Ferry ...

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Urban Dictionary is a crowd-sourced online dictionary of contemporary slang which attracts approximately 80 million users per month. It is currently ranked as the 23rd most popular website in the US ...

“Mid”, “Bussin”, “Ate”, “Low Key” and many other slang words are used every day. What used to dominate the realms of the internet has now moved into the neighborhood. Various conversations with ...

As slang finds its way into lexical institutions, experts ponder its place on the internet. By Julia Carpenter There was a time when Urban Dictionary felt essential. Twenty-six years ago, when ...

This past summer, we shared our picks for the most memorable definitions of “Denver” on Urban Dictionary. But there are plenty of other Denver-oriented terms that are even more bizarre. Some are so ...

The English language is one of the worlds greatest inventions, providing us words like 'fart' and 'rackadoom'. Frankly, there's a word for everything. Then there are the words and phrases you stumble ...

The use of slang in court proceedings can be tricky, especially in criminal cases where an uncommon slang term used by a witness can make a difference in a case. New York Times tech reporter Leslie ...