1)Urbane is a word descrbing sceney mac users/npr listeners. they drive smart cars or hybrids and drink black coffee while reading soren kirkegaard and other obscure philosphers at starbucks. if not black coffee, green tea or septuple shot espresso! gotta get through all of those poetry slams somehow! are poets, artists, designers, or actors like moby. they live in williamsburg (brooklyn) or upper west side in a studio/loft, but can live anywhere. self-procalimed "urban Sophisticates". very pretentious, but REALLLLLY fun to talk about/act like! they also have obscure names, like gustav or charlton or manet.
2) Can mean really polished and sophisticated in a broad sense of the word.
1)Katharine- Look at them, over there, reading the arts section of the Sunday Times, listening to NPR podcasts, sipping their tazo. geez, if they had any bigger heads, they's knock over their new macbook airs!
Amanda- haha. I bet they live in williamsburg or something. well, at least they can chat about the advantages of sophocles versus plato in their little smart cars.
Katharine- But people like that don't chat. They have intelligent forums of conversation.
Amanda- Oh they're so URBANE!
2)Claude- Oh, those brooklyn artists! So creative! They're extremely urbane!
People that combine quality and quantity, and stick to what this site should be...a dictionary for slang words, not a site bashing kids in your high school, a message board, or a place to post random shit. Doesn't matter if it's offensive to certain people...that's not against the principles of this site.
Diego, Nick D, and Bastardized Bottomburp are part of the UrbanElite. Most of the people listed by Shawn B. are not.
(adj)- describing the atmosphere of the new Ritz-Carlton's brand of steakhouses, BLT Steak.
BLT, which stands for "Bistro Laurent Tourondel," (actually, it stands for bacon, lettuce and tomato) has redefined steakhouse dining with its modern décor and infusion of classic French techniques. The restaurant integrates traditional elements of a cozy French Bistro with those of a stylish, urbane boite.