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
Get the urban archipelagomug. 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 22, 2003
Get the urban golfmug. hey you are on the urban dictionary
by bobeyboobob May 15, 2019
Get the the urban dictionarymug. 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.
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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 17, 2006
Get the Urban Dictionarymug. 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 June 21, 2008
Get the Urban Gentlemanmug. 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.
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?
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
Get the urban teamug. *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
Get the Urban Dickmug.