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Urbanicide 

When a city or metropolitan area pursues a gargantuan public infrastructure project that is considered mostly unnecessary by the citizenry while there are scant funds to pay for it. The urbanicide then occurs when an appointed (unelected) authority then decides to subject the region's citizens to user fees (read: toll taxes) to pay for the extravagance, dividing the community and greatly impoverishing it at the same time.
The harsh tolls being forced down the Louisville area's throat by the unelected Louisville and Southern Indiana Bridges Authority (LABIAS) for the Ohio River Bridges Project will surely result in a terrible urbanicide of what will be called a once-great city and region.
Urbanicide by Louisville Lover December 14, 2010
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Urbanice 

Urbanice is another way to call a Bernice
Oh my gosh, I heard hew ner friend is a urbanice.
Urbanice by realTaylorSwift13 November 24, 2022

Urbanicipation 

The anticipation one waits to see if one of your own extra special real goodies words get published on the Urban Dictionary Website.
i added some new words to the Urban Dictionary now i have a severe case of Urbanicipation to see if they publish my extra special funny but true words for that special moment of being in the limelight or minute of fame :)
Urbanicipation by munyuck January 23, 2009

Urbanicalensis 

The disease transmitted by using modern words too much (e.g. LOL, OMG, Noob, etc.), and it may be spread from person to person if the "Urbanenis Speaker" (See Urbanenis) says it to someone, and that person is influenced by the Urbanenis Speaker, and starts speaking modern words.
"Bob, how are you today? What project are you working on?"
"Sorry, was on WoW all night last night. I have Urbanicalensis now and I can't come to work"
Urbanicalensis by Seinucep June 9, 2009

urbicide 

1. urbicide - the deliberate attempt to deny, or kill, the city.

source: Overview page on the website of Durham Universiy’s workshop
"Urbicide: The Killing of Cities?"
(geography.dur.ac.uk - search for urbicide workshop

See also: Wikipedia "Urbicide"
Violence not aimed at human bodies but against the city fabric
Wikipedia on "Urbicide" excerpt:

In the wake of the destruction of Sarajevo, the term gained more common usage, examples being found in the works of Marshall Berman (1987) and Bogdan Bogdanović. In their 1992 publication "Mostar '92", a group of Bosnian architects from Mostar used the term urbicide to define the violence against the city fabric, such as the destruction of the Mostar bridge, a usage consistent with Marshall Berman's prior use of the term to describe similar acts of violence in Bosnia. Urbicide is increasingly being used by architects, urban planners, scholars and historians to help describe and understand the contemporary and historic wars where cities can no longer be considered safe havens from war, but rather are part of the battle field.
urbicide by urbanizm.eu October 17, 2014

urbantides 

Urbantides is a dumb fucking wet yute, if you see this guy, fucking shank him up. Mans packing a 1 incher tryna slide into girls dms with his 12 year old ass. Dumb ass neek thinks hes the best and so fucking cocky.

pocketsumner >
OMG, pocketsumner you are so much cuter than ugly urbantides
urbantides by urbantides hater December 12, 2020

Urbanicity 

The degree of resemblance to an urban community.
The urbanicity of the state of Iowa is lower than the urbanicity of the state of Florida.
Urbanicity by Buknoy V September 2, 2010
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Frothability 

The measure of an emotional and over zealous consumer in an upwardly charging market, also known as a bull market. It's characterized by rising asset prices, increased investor confidence, and favorable growth in the markets, bro.
The frothability was evident as over-zealous consumers eagerly engaged in bidding wars, driving property prices to unsustainable levels reminiscent of previous speculative bubbles.
Frothability by cptn.kagaroo1 January 26, 2024
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Soul digger

A man who dates women with the sole purpose of exploiting their time, energy, and labor while he sucks the joy and happiness from their lives.
"That guy's a soul digger. He'll expect you to work full time, but you'll be doing all the cooking, cleaning, laundry, shopping, and childcare while he plays video games or watches TV."
Soul digger by anonymous November 11, 2026
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pod person 

A person pretending to be something they aren't, or an impostor. This is inferred because of the old alien movies where alien pods appear on earth and the "pod people" dispose of the humans and slowly reproduce the bodies, pretending to be humans.
The pod person was pretending to be my father, but I knew that he was an alien when he acted differently than my father ever would have.
pod person by Christopher M. May 9, 2005
Word of the Day on November 10, 2026
A dead drop is a location used to secretly pass items between two people, without requiring them to meet.

Spies have been known to use dead drops, using various techniques to hide the items and to signal that the drop has been made. Drug dealers use this as well.

A common place is to duct tape the item to the underside of a toilet cover in a public restroom.

A signal is sometimes used as well to indicate there is something to pickup, like a pile of stones in a certain formation. After checking the drop the signal is removed.
"The dead drop is the restroom toilet at the Gulf station at the corner of Commercial Ave. and Georges Rd."
dead drop by rubberroom July 23, 2008
Word of the Day on November 9, 2026

No Surprises Wedding

A "No Surprises Wedding," or NSW, is a wedding invitation designation that tells attendees that there can be no unplanned announcements, engagements, events or speeches at the wedding - all actions must be pre-approved by the couple. Anyone who performs an unapproved "surprise" will be asked to leave the wedding early.

This designation comes from Reddit, where so many stories of bad wedding behavior indicated a need to communicate expectations for the wedding behavior of attendees.
You are cordially invited to the nuptials of Brian and Tom on October 31 at noon.

Please note that this wedding is child-free (under 10) and a No Surprises Wedding (NSW). Reach out to wedding planner Sami Smith to request approvals or exceptions; please note that exceptions will be rare. Limited child care for under-10s will be available. All approvals will be noted and included in planning. Unapproved, or surprise exceptions, will result in guests being asked to leave.
Word of the Day on November 8, 2026
Ulzzang true definition is "best & "face" = best face in korean. They are basically people with above average looks, sometimes with the use of photoshop and haduri who post their pics online, some becoming internet celebrities.
"Hey, see that chick over there? She's pretty enough to be an ulzzang. :D"
ulzzang by `r i k kit t y February 26, 2008
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