woodshedding 

meaning to practice or hone skills, particularly musical skills. the origin is from the fact that for purposes of privacy people would go to their woodshed to practice without being overheard

jason spent the last three months smoking grass and woodshedding his banjo skills.

woodshedding by judas brooks August 15, 2006

urban word anxiety 

when wish you can know every fucking word added on this site.

urban word anxiety: so many fucking words I just skimmed through, but there's millions more.

urban word anxiety by MrBates July 29, 2010

the word

I can't believe you haven't heard.

Everybody's heard about the bird.
Ba-ba-ba-bird bird bird
Bird is the word...

Everybody's talkin' about the bird.
Bird is the word.

the word by anon111112 February 24, 2009

purr word 

A word used to induce a positive response or association in the person hearing or reading it. Commonly used to appeal to people's emotions rather than their reasoning, and thereby get them on your side.

Antonym: snarl word

George Bush peppered his discourse around his war plans with phrases intended to associate an invasion of Iraq with "peace" and "freedom."

"For all who love freedom and peace, the world without Saddam Hussein's regime is a better and safer place."
-- George W. Bush

purr word by frickinmuck April 20, 2005

Wordability 

Being able to create a new word and having the skill to place it in casual conversation, without anyone else noticing that its not really a word.

Jim has great wordability. He called his best bud "triawesome" and nobody questioned it.

Wordability by Private Eyeball October 16, 2009

get a word in edgewise 

To manage to say something during a conversation (usually in the negative)

They were too distracted to let me get a word in edgewise.

get a word in edgewise by The Return of Light Joker July 6, 2010

word to your mother 

Originally "word to the mother." Used by African Americans as a salutation. It means "Give due respect to the motherland from which we came." Can be used in the same context as "Keep it real." or, also, can be used to literally express respect to the motherland and African-American customs and traditions.

Man 1: I'll be seeing you man. Keep it real.
Man 2: Word to the mother.
Man 1: Word.

word to your mother by daruis sunofovich January 5, 2005