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urban archipelago

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.
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
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urban golf

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.
The five men packed into a van and proceeded with a game of URBAN GOLF, as they do every Saturday night.
by Tyler December 22, 2003
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Urban Dictionary

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!!
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 17, 2006
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Urban Gentleman

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.
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.
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urban tea

1) the practice of bringing a cup of tea from the house and drinking it on the go.
2) the kind of appreciation a tea drinker may have for corners of beauty or interest that exists within an urban environment; with the primary aim of making people more aware of their surroundings.
3) establishing calm within chaos.
1)

Jimi: Bob! do you fancy a spot of urban tea under that autumn tree?

2)

Jimi: ah man, i'm gunna be late and i've just made a cup of tea.

Bob: it's alright, why don't you just urban tea it?
by liam wit January 3, 2008
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Urban Dick

An asshole who votes no against your word suggestion so it is not published.
*Joe reads urban dictionary suggestions such as bath bomb* (when someone has a giant fart in the bath, which results in leaving little brown treasures behind) *Joe hits no button* Kate " Wow Joe, that was a good word, dont be such an urban dick"
by Devil On Yo Shoder January 7, 2012
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