urban mining

Scavenging through the scrap metal in old electronic products in search of precious metals (gold, silver, copper, iridium, palladium etc.).

Extracting valuable metals from electronic waste.

p1: I wonder where we will dump this old, shitty TV.
p2: Hmm, we should take it to junk yard, so they can urban mine it.
p1: Urban what?
p2: Urban mine it. To let it be dissembled and recycled
p1: Ok.

Urban mining is fast growing industry

by contris June 18, 2011

Urban Dictionary

A great dictionary for young children.

Hey kids! If you don't know a word, search it on Urban Dictionary!

by The Best UD User June 20, 2017

Urban sillies

Derived from 'urban silly', the singular form.

Someone who, under the illusion that he/she is an A-List Celebrity, walks around wearing the latest, (yet mismatched) designer clothes in an extremely snobby and pretentious manner.

Usually found in metropolitan business districts in most countries around the world.

(In a Starbucks in Manhattan) Just look at all these urban sillies with their polo shirts popped up at the collar and huge sunglasses!

by Suburbanite771 August 5, 2009

Urban Possum

A low quality babysitter to whom you entrust your children so you can have sex with a rando

I’ve got a sure thing tonight... I need to find an Urban Possum for the kids

by Moxie_stars August 10, 2019

Urban Dictionary

A website where people make up unnecessary words that no one ever uses.

Urban Dictionary... why.

by Shyyyet September 3, 2016

Urban Bouncers

People who use Urban Bouncers/Poweriser product.

Or a nickname for the actual Poweriser products

Look at those Urban Bouncers over there! I think I saw one just jump over that Ford F-150!

by UBC@UCD February 18, 2009

urban dickheditor

Urban dictionary editors who reject your definition even though it meets all the publishing guidelines.

Bob: I made this great definition, submitted it to urban dictionary, and they rejected it even though it met all of the publishing guidelines.

Pete: Sounds like it got reviewed by one of their "urban dickheditors".

by king_con January 1, 2011