A term created by sex columnist and liberal Dan Savage in the wake of the 2004 Presidential Election to describe the concentration of the political left in the United States near major cities and college towns in terms of islands of diversity in a sea of conformity. The implication is that the islands have their own interests to attend to and should disregard the sea.
It is thought that this exists because rural communities tend to be more isolated from other cultures than urban communities, and because people tend to leave the rural world for an education in urban areas and not go back.
The original article can be read at www.urbanarchipelago.com.
It is thought that this exists because rural communities tend to be more isolated from other cultures than urban communities, and because people tend to leave the rural world for an education in urban areas and not go back.
The original article can be read at www.urbanarchipelago.com.
Although I'm not completely on board with the idea of the Urban archipelago, the idea of cities as islands is certainly a talking point.
by Lady Csyde November 19, 2004
hey you are on the urban dictionary
by bobeyboobob May 15, 2019
A game played in an unconventional environment (streets, alleys, sidewalks, etc.) using only a golf club and a ball, such as a tennis ball.
Competitors set up a course in a city-like environment and use targets like billboards and dumpsters as holes. Modeled after the sport of golf--only much cooler.
Competitors set up a course in a city-like environment and use targets like billboards and dumpsters as holes. Modeled after the sport of golf--only much cooler.
The five men packed into a van and proceeded with a game of URBAN GOLF, as they do every Saturday night.
by Tyler December 23, 2003
A website that has gone downholl due to the general bias of it's "Fans", and full people hell-bent on expressing their insigificant and bullshit opinion: they have no substance, no control over themselves and really need to be taken off the face of the Earth. Permanently.
AC/DC BEST FCKIN BASND EVAR!1!11!!
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JACKASS - Show for target audience (Nice Maddox ripoff, ass munch)
LOL! OMG! ROFL! ROFLMAO! How's about "SHUT THE FUCK UP!"?
Urban Dictionary has gone downhill...
OMG! MADDOX BLOWS BALLS!1111111
JACKASS - Show for target audience (Nice Maddox ripoff, ass munch)
LOL! OMG! ROFL! ROFLMAO! How's about "SHUT THE FUCK UP!"?
Urban Dictionary has gone downhill...
by Ah Fuck You June 15, 2006
1.) A modern day gentleman.
2.) A certain wardrobe style.
3.) A stylish well-mannered man with
swagger. He has knowledge of proper
etiquette and grooming.
Notable Urban Gentleman: David Beckham, Kanye West, Lupe Fiasco, Brad Pitt.
2.) A certain wardrobe style.
3.) A stylish well-mannered man with
swagger. He has knowledge of proper
etiquette and grooming.
Notable Urban Gentleman: David Beckham, Kanye West, Lupe Fiasco, Brad Pitt.
Kanye West has the style of an Urban Gentleman.
"Wow, look at the way he dresses- Lacoste shirts and Ecco jeans, he's so nice and ambitious- that guy is such an urban gentleman.
"Wow, look at the way he dresses- Lacoste shirts and Ecco jeans, he's so nice and ambitious- that guy is such an urban gentleman.
by theUG July 11, 2008
A geocache placed in an urban setting, as opposed to a forested or mountainous area, such as at coordinates N 49° 16.391 W 123° 11.143
by _Cuddlefish_ June 09, 2011
by g-hops August 18, 2010