Skip to main content
Urban Dictionary Merch
Your favorite words on things you can wear, drink from, read, or give to a friend.
The Urban Dictionary Store sells gifts you’ll have to explain.

Auto Paraphrase 

An auto paraphrasing application is the best way to plagiarize internet articles.
Little billy used an auto paraphrase tool to cheat
Auto Paraphrase by Enderp October 12, 2017

paraphrasation 

How your version of a quote is displayed to others
My Paraphrasation of the authors quote is "..."
paraphrasation by Corona503 May 20, 2016

paraphrasing 

1. does not match the source word for word
2. involves putting a passage from a source into your own words
3. changes the words or phrasing of a passage, but retains and fully communicates the original meaning
4. must be attributed to the original source
5. It is not a summary.
6. It does not contain most of the words or phrases from the original (plagiarism).
7. It includes all minor details from original.
8. The meaning of the writing being paraphrased is clearer to the reader than in the original text.
9. It restates the thesis.
10.It is usually longer than the original.
"Immanuel Kant maintained the view that 'Existence' is obviously not a predicate."

After paraphrasing:-

"One prominent scholar believes 'existence' is not a predicate."
paraphrasing by sneha dhar January 2, 2008

paraprosexia

I have a paraprosexia,when I tried to study
paraprosexia by belonary May 17, 2019

plagaphrase 

The act of subtly, yet successfully passing someone else's work off as your own by changing just enough key components to make it unnoticeable.
To rescue myself from ridicule in the weekly staff meeting, I decided to plagaphrase my cubiclemate's quarterly report.
plagaphrase by Randy Lea May 19, 2008

petty paraphrasing

to state something written or spoken in different words, especially in a shorter and simpler form to make the meaning clearer but with emotions moreso than logic
Person One: How would you paraphrase the book, “Old Yeller?”
Person Two: kid murks his dog because it had rabies and the kid didn’t even try to take the dog to a veterinary clinic!
Person One: There’s more to the book than that!
Person Two: You said paraphrase, you didn’t say anything about petty paraphrasing!
More from Urban Dictionary
When your wife’s boyfriend let you sleep past 8pm 😎😎
Wife’s boyfriend: You have 5 more minutes
Me: Poggers!
Poggers by Just_Charles April 14, 2020
Word of the Day on October 26, 2026

Oblication 

A vacation, feeling more like an obligation, that involves visiting or staying with family.
So Joe where are you taking the kids for spring break vacation? We are going on an oblication to Boca to visit my mother-in-law.
Oblication by kimmerr May 5, 2011
Word of the Day on October 25, 2026

Surf Dracula Syndrome 

A phenomenon in film/television series, most notably streaming series, where the main premise is drawn out to such a point that it takes an entire season or more to get the parts of the series the audience is actually interested in seeing.

For example, if a series is titled "Surf Dracula," a majority of viewers would tune in expecting to see Dracula surfing by the first or second episode. However, the entire first season would instead be tedious padding and backstory before finally ending with Dracula surfing in the last five minutes of the season finale.
I watched "Smallville" on Netflix the other day. Dude, it was ten seasons of filler before he finally flew! Major Surf Dracula Syndrome!
Word of the Day on October 24, 2026

Northstarring

Finding your way back to the truth by fixing on one verified fact and working out from there, the way you navigate by the North Star when everything around you is spinning.
Rumours were flying everywhere, so she went northstarring — one checked fact at a time.
Northstarring by Light Bearer October 22, 2026
Word of the Day on October 23, 2026

Plate of Brown 

A plate of brown consists of foods that have little to no nutritional value, and are typically deep fried. A true plate of brown will also be accompanied by a dark soda.
Wanna go to meal hall & grab a plate of brown?
Plate of Brown by Cheddar Craigson September 18, 2020
Word of the Day on October 22, 2026

Larpenomics

When finance content creators rent out fancy cars and flex cash to seem richer than they really are in order to promote and sell their “get rich quick” courses.
Andrew Tate has mastered the field of larpenomics
Larpenomics by Rbois09 October 21, 2026
Word of the Day on October 21, 2026
Load more