An online open-source dictionary for researching internet semantics and online sociology. Users can create accounts and post definitions for free and with minimal content filtering policies to stop them, which offers a significant insight into the sociopolitical climate of social media.
I've cited multiple UrbanDictionary entries in my recent article on internet sociology. You'd be surprised at how clear a picture you can get of it through a resource as simple as this one.
urbandictionary editors in 1999: finally I am now in my 20s!
same editor in 2023/2024 (whatever you are prob reading this 14 years in the future smh): oh i'mmm soooo oldd I gottaaa retireee
A website built upon the input of it’s community, used to give definitions to otherwise rejected words by the Oxford Dictionary. Such words are rejected because they are commonly considered slang and thus aren’t technically real words.