Random words and names spoken in an effort to promote a sense of intelligence and creditability in the speaker. quoting an over abundance of names and references that are unverifiable in an effort to make you/your theory more creditable.
by artfaith March 8, 2011

A person who takes it upon themselves to correct the grammar of not only their close friends but also causal acquaintances, often at the expense of disregarding surrounding circumstances.
Friend:
"Dude, where was you last night?!? I saw your girl at the club getting all up on some other dude. She totally left with him and his buddy, yelling something about a threesome."
Word Officer:
"Don't you mean, 'where were you last night?'?"
Friend:
"Dude, who are you? The Word Police??"
"Dude, where was you last night?!? I saw your girl at the club getting all up on some other dude. She totally left with him and his buddy, yelling something about a threesome."
Word Officer:
"Don't you mean, 'where were you last night?'?"
Friend:
"Dude, who are you? The Word Police??"
by Mike Larkin April 30, 2006

by JustAGUY$@@@ June 16, 2019

Something that is on the home page of Urban Dictionary and is usually lame slang that no one really uses. The word or phrase always gets more dislikes than likes
by I Chink Im Cool June 11, 2012

Language designed to sound like something without actually saying anything... Deliberately so ambiguous or watered-down as to be essentially meaningless.
by Honor May 13, 2005

A phrase used for pointing out a word that has a lot of meaning to a sentence, but is easily missed or not taken account of.
by DoodleSnicker January 23, 2011

The destruction of the old meaning of a word by common misuse. AKA the evolution of a language, but from the perspective of the grumpy old timer.
by VengefulToaster October 9, 2012
