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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
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Urban Dictionary

Hey kids! If you don't know a word, search it on Urban Dictionary!
by The Best UD User June 20, 2017
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Urban Dictionary

A website created by people who can basically define or create any word imaginable with the most ridiculous and obscure definitions. (Words created and defined by the dumb, for the dumb.)
"I wonder what that slang word means?"
"Use Urban Dictionary!"
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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
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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
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Urban Dictionary

A website where people make up unnecessary words that no one ever uses.
by Shyyyet September 3, 2016
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Urban Dictionary

A website which was originally meant to be a place used to learn about slang, but now 99% of people just use it as a place to define literally any word or phrase and somehow make it have something to do with sex.
Go search up Ice cream sandwich, Cookies and cream, Chocolate Moose, or literally any word or phrase on Urban Dictionary, and you'll see what I mean.
by A girl who watches hentai April 21, 2019
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