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Urbanese 

(ur'ba-nEz')

- n.
1. An umbrella term (most often used OUTSIDE the city) encompassing all urban vernacular as one language.

2. Inner-city slang.

- adj.
1. Of or relating to inner-city slang.
'Urban Dictionary is essentially your guide to Urbanese.'
'Rap, gangsta, jive, hood, ghetto, ebonics... it's all Urbanese.'

'Two weeks in the city and she's already speaking urbanese.'
Urbanese by Jacopo October 11, 2007
Words you can keep

urbaneering 

Playing in the outdoors in an urban setting - parks, open space, trails, walking between art galleries, museums, and shops; dining al fresco - anything without a ceiling. Just because you live in the city doesn't mean you have to be a couch potato!
Chet - "It's a beautiful day and we're here in town - let's go to some galleries and stuff!"

Kay - "Yeah, let's do some intense urbaneering."
urbaneering by da Chetster February 28, 2009

urbaneese 

Words or phrases made up specifically to be posted in urbandictionary.com.
What did he say? - Nothing. He's speaking urbaneese, in the hopes someone will look it up in urbandictionary.com and see his post.
urbaneese by Detroflem J. July 11, 2010

urbanease 

People in love with branding themselves for reasons of blogging or social media marketing. Urban: from the Latin word "urbs" meaning "city" plus "disease" meaning an annoying person.
Finding a credible writer among the heaps of urbanease online can be overwhelming.
urbanease by Focuspi September 10, 2013

UrbANDseek 

the act of looking for someone on UD that you suspect is submitting words about you
J spends his days playing UrbANDseek looking for those who have bid him good riddance...what a psycho
UrbANDseek by Meadow Soprano July 23, 2008

URBANSEXUAL

men who want to be masculine and attract others by using personal hygiene products like AXE and OLD SPICE
Bob smells like an urbansexual
URBANSEXUAL by valupack August 13, 2010

Urbaneer 

Contraction of "Urban" and "Pioneer"

An URBANEER is an influencer/early-adopter within the Millennial Generation, establishing themselves as part of a live/work community in a city. They are part of the rising Creative Class, are usually described as Hipsters, and are leading the migration away from suburban living.
Chase moved from Brooklyn to Portland to Silverlake in, like, less than three years since almost-finishing at Swarthmore. He's a total Urbaneer.

He's all about his Macbook Air, his bike, and stealing wifi. That dude will never buy a house in the 'burbs.
Urbaneer by Millennials Matter January 26, 2014
More from Urban Dictionary
A slang term used to describe a bald person, typically someone who is completely bald or has a closely shaved head. The term is derived from the infamous, hairless kids’ cartoon character of the same name.
Example 1:
“Did you see that caillou over there? His head is reflecting the sun like a disco ball.”
Example 2:
“I think Dave is finally accepting his hair loss. He just went full caillou and shaved the whole thing off.”
caillou by WMH01 September 12, 2026
Word of the Day on September 13, 2026

Brought-upsy 

scruples; to have manners;

May also be spelt Brought-upsie

WestIndian/Caribbean in orient - Barbados, WHUT.
Example 1: Child, you ain't got no brought-upsy?

Translation: My Child, have you not any manners?



Example 2: What, you ain't got no brought-upsy?

Translation: I can't believe you're doing that. Were you not taught any manners as a child?
Brought-upsy by B-Town Gilly April 20, 2005
Word of the Day on September 12, 2026
The practice of modifying a model (not limited to toy action figures) to achieve some result other than that intended by the manufacturer. ...
I had to kitbash my Luke Skywalker figure with my Darth Vader figure because Luke was missing a hand.
kitbash by geru January 15, 2006
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Satellite baddies

Attractive women who are far from your location.
There are no hot girls in the area, theres only satellite baddies.
Satellite baddies by Banksy123 September 5, 2026
Word of the Day on September 10, 2026
Omg, the ramifications!”
-“You forgot about the rammys, bro.”
Rammys by Brandonmical August 4, 2023
Word of the Day on September 9, 2026

Failure Shower 

When you fail at something in life (eg. failing an exam or not getting a job), go home and spend an hour just standing in the shower, propping yourself up against the wall with your eyes on your feet.
Caleb knew the only thing to do after he didnt get prefect was take a failure shower.
Failure Shower by Vikingnz October 27, 2009
Word of the Day on September 8, 2026
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