2006 press mentionsDecember
Boston Globe
'Blaggards' of the year
Urban Dictionary: bottomless well of etymological fantasy.
Edmonton Journal
Psychic offers hope in dark days of winter
Berkeley Daily Planet
Editorial: PC or Not, Trader Joe’s is Coming
InterCasting Corp
My Acceptance Speech
I made up a word and posted it on urbandictionary.com. This, I am told, gave me "street cred".
We Know, You Don't
When in doubt, consult Urban Dictionary
Urban Dictionary: The online verbal assault that grows by the minute.
wrongplanet.net forums
Aspergers and Autism Community
Urban Dictionary is a slang dictionary, and slang is culture.
TIME Magazine
The Year in Buzzwords 2006
San Francisco Chronicle
11 Things: Urban Dictionary
Some entries are NSFW and tasteless, but hey, so is the Internet.
thewages @ livejournal
Where would we be without Urban Dictionary?
digenis
More than words
Christian Science Monitor
A bid to buff Mississippi's image
Urban Dictionary: Written with the usual irreverence of Web-roaming readers.
nova.edu
Urban Dictionary vs. Wikipedia
Brian Gardner
You know you are addicted when...
Urban Dictionary defines addiction in a way that captures truth.
Urban Dictionary: Fresh jive on demand.
hodgers.com
Not really a story
Urban Dictionary: Always useful.
Urban Dictionary: A reference source no one should be without.
Language is shaped by the people who use it.
Urban Dictionary's got all the words and acronyms you won't find in Oxford or Webster's.
November
CBS SportsLine
When celebrities' mouths run wild
Urban Dictionary would probably make Noah Webster want to plummet off an unabridged overpass.
Humane Systems Innovation
The People’s Dictionary: Accelerating the evolution of language
The Reluctant Blogger
Happy Tuesday, lexicographically
Urban Dictionary is full of misspellings, obscenities, grammatical errors and doubtful (if hilarious) definitions.
Urban Dictionary: A great time waster.
Jeopardy!
Show #5108: Urban Dictionary
cussandotherrants
Really Offensive Things I Spent the Last 30 Minutes Reading
You can learn a lot from this web site.
Reuters
Judge to rule on landmark Internet porn law
Chicago Sun-Times
Our favorite places on the Net
Urban Dictionary proves English is a fun, living, mutating thing.
Sophie Mishap
Corroding the English language one word at a time
profy
Defining Web 2.0 and a rocking dictionary
Urban Dictionary: An invaluable source of online information for me, with almost every imaginable thing listed and rated.
Urban Dictionary: A handy tool for any lack of urban knowledge.
Urban Dictionary: One step up from asking Jesus himself.
The Brown Daily Herald
The revenge of the prudes
Urban Dictionary: The only reliable source I know.
stephanopoulos@myspace
Penny Arcade
Mirthquake
Urban Dictionary: Mausoleum of once vibrant language.
digitaljournal.com
A Day in the Life of a Web 2.0 Junkie
McGill Tribune
Check out that 'sex burger' on the corner!
Urban Dictionary: One of the hippest online dictionaries around.
Polyglot Conspiracy
OED, meet Internet
Collaborative sites like Urban Dictionary pose a challenge to the methods of the traditional dictionary.
Blogging the Renaissance
My attempt to be one of the cool kidz
Reason Magazine
Porn on Trial
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Sexually charged grind is turning school socials into high-pressure zone
Springfield State Journal Register
Smokers, here's a drink just for you
October
If you often find yourself out of the loop, make yourself familiar with urbandictionary.com.
ACLU v. Gonzales
October 31, 2006 transcript (PDF)
The Pueblo Chieftan
'Swiftboating' becomes object of political spin
Urban Dictionary is a slang clearinghouse.
Urban Dictionary is known for changing the landscape of english language usage in America. Or at least validating all of us word-maker-uppers.
Slashdot
Slashback: SCO, COPA, AllofMP3, Navier-Stokes, and More
Ars Technica
ACLU v. Gonzales: An eight-year struggle over Internet censorship
Urban Dictionary: A veritable treasure trove of useful raw data for lexicographers.
computers.net
ACLU v. Gonzalez: It's not About Porn, it's About Censorship
Bwop Culture
Words Make The Man
USA Today
Comedy or drama, shows play it straight
ACLU Pennsylvania
ACLU fights Internet censorship law - for the second time
ACLU
Online Free Speech: Client Statement
Los Angeles Times
A Show of Faith in Sodom on the Pacific
Urban Dictionary: A web-based lexicon of the slangy and snarky.
Raleigh News & Observer
Check It Out
There’s only one thing to do when I’m bored: read from Urban Dictionary.
For entertainment that's not entirely mindless, check out Urban Dictionary.
Sacramento Bee
Life in shorthand
When you're not sure what something means, and you don't want to look stupid, Urban Dictionary has your back.
Gotham Gazette
Courching Scandal, Hidden Hevesi
The Age
To pop or not
000relationships
From AFC to mPUA: Sorting out the Seduction Science
abigfatslob @ blogspot
What Happened to College Journalism?
National Post
How a boy's name became slang
Union Leader
Students stay ahead of the teachers in the T-shirt war
Nightline
Mancations
September
Gainesville Sun
Lawn forks stir resident's curiosity
Toronto Star
Gricers - who they are and why they do it
Chicago Sun-Times
Hotels tap burgeoning 'mancation' market
Cleveland Plain Dealer
FEMA ex-chief offers defense, regret
Connecticut Daily Campus
Computer Virus Producers Are Lowest Of The Low
Philadelphia Weekly
Power of Soul
Pop Matters
A Need for Nerds
Pipe Dream (Binghamton University)
Guess who's been badmouthing BU?
Edmonton Sun
Get techno lowdown
Check Urban Dictionary for even more hip street lingo.
epiphenomenon
v the urban dictionary
KXTV Sacramento
Police: Saturday Night Fracas Was a Lot of Hyphy
University Daily Kansan
Student works to change campus skateboarding policy
August
Bradley News
Look it up in the Urban Dictionary
Indiana Daily Student
Finding Emo
Urban Dictionary: a helpful resource if you listen to rap music but don't come from the streets.
Slaw
The Friday Fillip
The Free Lance-Star
In the modern world, being a geek is a good thing
harmful error
Phrase of the Day
Time Magazine
Quotes of the Day
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
'It's complicated:' Facebook gives love a new name
The Indianapolis Star
Here's more fun with Web sites: Are you game?
Chilliwack Progress
It's official: Chilliwack Bruins mascot now has a name
Amarillo Globe News
Step off: 'Rents shady, buggin' fo shizzle on teen talk
The Huffington Post
Online Dictionary Adds "Katherine Harris Crazy" To Lexicon
Urban Dictionary: an online resource for only the hippest words and phrases.
Daily Record
Amazing Dignity of the Teenage Pram-Pushers
No doubt urbandictionary.com helps rappers learn to read and write.
Forbes
Slithery Slope
PC Magazine
Top 101 Classic Web Sites of 2006
Welcome to slang heaven.
anthropology.net
A Dictionary for Street Slang
Urban Dictionary is relevant to linguistics or anyone interested in the development of language.
Alabama Press-Register
FLW thanks Guard
LA Daily News
Slithering into the public consciousness
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Wide world of words gets wider
Pharump Valley Times
One arrested after Bolling Construction break in
July
KERA Dallas
The Talk Show
NME.com
Tapes 'N Tapes: The Loon
Urban Dictionary: the democratic guide to street slang.
Knoxville News Sentinel
One word for Oodles Uncorked: Swanky
"Swanky" is a word, according to the always-correct online source Urban Dictionary.
New York Times
The Beard: Hip, but Hot
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Man crush
The Sydney Morning Herald
Hungry for language's freshly grown delights
The Sunday Paper
When a man wants a man-purse, what's a girl to do?
Slate
To Chav and Chav Not
St. Petersburg Times
The death knell of a catch phrase? It is what it is
Seattle Times
Geek, geekier, geekiest — and they're proud of it
June
ABS-CBN Interactive
Dex in the City
Wired News
iPizz, Podaholics, Podestrians
destined.org
Urban Dictionary is my hero
Urban Dictionary is one of the most entertaining ways you can pass your time on the Internet.
St. Petersburg Times
As language evolves, Web sites spread the word(s)
Raleigh News & Observer
Heart of rock 'n' roll
Urban Dictionary documents the evolution of language in real time.
Grant Barrett
Language Evolution in the Digital Age
No savvy lexicographer ignores Urban Dictionary... among the useless words are gems that do indeed deserve to be on the permanent record.
Toronto Star
10 things we learned this week
Orlando Sentinel
Good to be a geek
KQED Forum
with Susan Rasky
Hillsdale Independent
Pizzeria name sparks debate
Urban Dictionary should be required to graduate high school.
courttv.com
ACLU Freedom Files: Youth Speak
nashua telegraph
Naughty words often in eyes of beholder
ACLU.tv
Freedom Files: Youth Speak
ACLU
ACLU Freedom Files: "Youth Speak" Showcases Young People Who Stand Up for Their Rights
SecurityFocus
Browsers, phishing, and user interface design
May
Tooele Transcript Bulletin
Web porn opponent suggests a clean fix
Pop Goes the Culture
Power to the People
Albany Times-Union
Slanguage hits the books to spread the word
Urban Dictionary is an elevation of the legitimacy of the way people speak.
If Wikipedia is too dry or too objective for you, Urban Dictionary will give you some cool slang.
Points in Case
How to Get Your Redwings, In Good Taste
Toronto Sun
Turkey Drop
PRNewswire
Two College Seniors Create an Online Resource for Their Fellow Graduates
Urban Dictionary: the Internet's unofficial slang authority.
slashnot
Root Languages added to Urban Dictionary
April
The Daily Advertiser
Bookmark This Page
Delhi Newsline
Queer (adj): Deviating from the expected or normal
Every day, Urban Dictionary gets hundreds of people logging in to redefine words that really started out meaning something completely different.
ABC News
What Does 420 Mean to You?
Urban Dictionary: The definitive source for current lingo.
Ask Yahoo!
Exactly what is a "hollaback girl"?
smugnugget @ blogspot
Party Socks
Urban Dictionary: a phenomenal resource for the ignorant, the bored, and the pop culturally challenged.
spilt milk @ blogspot
Because your other option is to do laundry
Urban Dictionary gives you the down low on current vocabulary trends.
ebizmark
The Ghetto Wikipedia
Urban Dictionary gives you what’s up on the street.
Holy City Zen
Hustle Wit
The more I think about the government's approach to media and politics, the more I find Urban Dictionary useful.
dolcevitaindeed @ livejournal
When I want something funny
Damn, linguistics has never been that funny.
honormac @ livejournal
Five things that should be in your inbox
Urban Dictionary chronicles the daily and hourly mutation, evolution, and degredation of the language on an as-working basis.
Harvard Independent
Beyond the Border Patrol
Bye-bye, OED. Hello, Urban Dictionary.
holycoast @ blogspot
Brits Having "Spaz" Attack Over Tiger Woods
If you're not sure what that means, try Urban Dictionary. Don't expect much political correctness.
great blue world @ blogspot
Do you speak youth?
Raleigh News & Observer
Triangle Grammar Guide
Urban Dictionary explains slang in graphic, earthy terms.
CBS News
Blogs Anticipate Snakes
podictionary
wraith
Ohio University Post
This Crunksgiving, get hyphy with your homies at the shindizzle
March
USA Today
Keep up with your kids' chat lingo
Some of the terminology is offensive. But get used to it. Your kids probably use it, or at least understand it.
The Daily Northwestern
Drown your Spring Break sorrows in MTV
Authorities don’t get much more credible than Urban Dictionary.
Jossip
Without 'white trash' we couldn't read tabloids
Associated Press
Enough is enough - I've had it with the snakes!
Yale Daily News
Bunking with a buddy, but not in the gay way
NPR: All Things Considered
'Snakes on a Plane': Phenomenon on the Net
expressandstar.com
Craic open the black stuff for a touch of Irish
Gelf Magazine
Your March Madness Argot
Urban Dictionary: a self-edited online resource, but unlike Wikipedia, it allows for many truths, rather than one authoritative guide.
Don't you hate when you hear a phrase, and you don't know what it means?
If you want to add fun things to a wiki, see urbandictionary.com.
ACLU
ACLU Urges Court to Reject Government’s Bid for Google Records
rampway online
The Muffin Top Curse
Manila Bulletin Online
Is the printed encyclopedia dead?
nzgirl
Web Review
elijabet @ blogspot
When the news is not news
The Star Press
Muncie makes the dictionary, as "Funcie"
Raging Dad
Web Review
Increase your street cred, ya heard?
Daily Nebraskan
For a scantly clad pop starlet, Stefani creates thought-provoking lyrics
lamoqueta @ blogspot
Aprende slang: Urban Dictionary
Battle Creek Enquirer
Pigs don't fly, but they walk among us
February
dryaunda @ livejournal
Wikipedia vs. Urban Dictionary
the moojik times
Maylays in Urban Dictionary
The Daily Dispatch
Everybody's doin' the hustle
CNN.com
R. Kelly slang barred, case dismissed
KFBK Radio
Article Dashboard
Nice Twist
United Press International
'Ask a Mexican' creator rising star
Associated Press
Judge refuses to admit R. Kelly slang in child annoyance case
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
'Brokeback' dialogue goes from reel to real
Urban Dictionary: a quirky site of more than 250,000 pop culture definitions submitted by readers.
pmwjournal @ blogspot
Tasteless
Websense has blocked and labelled Urban Dictionary as "Tasteless." Thanks Websense, I knew that, that is why I was going there.
malkier.com
#define manscaping
Users can write their own definitions. Then it's up for you and me to judge or simply learn.
I find Urban Dictionary to be very useful for emergent terminology—it’s basically a proto-OED.
ACLU
Defense of Controversial Internet Law Does Not Justify “Fishing Expedition,” ACLU Says
The Sacramento Bee
Linguists soapboxing over Games' wordplay
Vanderbilt Hustler
Students choose 'the bubble'
fucklish @ blogspot
Urban Dictionary: the ultimate slang dictionary authored by people like you.
I hit up Urban Dictionary for a general consensus. I'm not sure what I found could be classified as general or a consensus - but it was definitely the funniest shit I've read all weekend.
The Oklahoma Daily, The University of Oklahoma
Bring in 'da noise
podictionary
garbage
Google Current
pwn
No discussion of new words and phrases popularized by the Internet would be complete without Urban Dictionary.
bibman @ blogspot
Urban Dictionary (of 'slang' voor gevorderden)
Apple
Dashboard Widgets: Urban Dictionary
The Daily Journal, San Mateo County
No cure for Senioritis symptoms
Sports Illustrated
Middle Management
gemsolv
Wiki Whaa...? or Quicky! What's a Wiki?
Urban Dictionary: a cool, community-created slang dictionary slash wiki.
The Daily Herald
'12th Man' bickering makes players shrug
Chicago Tribune
Blog Bites Man
Newsday
On the cutting edge with 'The Shop'
podictionary
boor
Urban Dictionary: irreverent and often-profane.
January
Wall Street Journal
Sellout.com
WLVL
with Scott Leffler
Kansas City Star
That's so five minutes ago
Associated Press
One tongue-in-cheek definition of 'hooah'
Sacramento Bee
In the hot seat: 'Ginormous' Web site makes phat book - look it up
Seattle Post Intelligencer
'Hooah': Odd cry becomes soldier shorthand
Free Lance-Star
Knuck if you buck
The Pueblo Chieftan
Boo-Yaa, Boo-Yaa
stacey @ myspace
BG News, Bowling Green State University
Kick bandwagoners to the curb
Binghamton University
Welcome to the seventh circle
sukhchander
Urban Dictionary Fo' Shizzy
etzou
Parents Freak Out over Freaking or Freak Dancing as Prom Season Draws Near
San Francisco Chronicle
Parents should act, not freak out
podictionary
street
The beauty of this site is the different take people have on the same words.
Daily Bulletin
Mari's fo' rizzle column
Daily Orange
Internet Corner
Urban Dictionary edumacates even the hippest of cats.
KGO-TV
New Rules: No More Freak Dancing
tongue tyed @ blogspot
Moms Will Surprise Ya!
Urban Dictionary: It keeps me informed of what's going on!
spartanedge
Because studying the Urban Dictionary doesn’t work so well on the SATs
a-crude-wisdom @ livejournal
Stuff I read
borrowing trouble @ blogspot
Oh dear. Who knew?
Urban Dictionary: amazing, amusing and time consuming.
University of Cincinnati
No work, all play this Saturday
Urban Dictionary: fun to peruse when avoiding homework.
Baltimore Sun
Getting 'Irsayed'
Urban Dictionary tackles words that you'd never hear Grandma saying.
FreebieBlog.com
A new kind of dictionary
The Daily Nightly (MSNBC)
Congressional Decorum
WMWV
with Cooper Fox
Libero
Escort da cena
See the development of the English language in action.
New York Post
Meet the Dinner Whore
Dinner whore: Immortalized by craigslist, and most scientifically defined by Urban Dictionary.
CFRB Toronto
with Jim Richards
Jossip
Dinner and the city
Discovery Channel
Cash Cab
Houston Chronicle
A toast to country legend Ray Price
Indianapolis Star
Guide to urban 'slanguage' is 'lol' funny
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