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Mo' Urban Dictionary: Ridonkulous Street Slang Defined
by Aaron Peckham
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Synopses & Reviews From the wildly popular website Urbandictionary.com, where you write your own definitions, Mo Urban Dictionary brings the hottest slang that defines your world.
- pregret: Regretting something you're about to do anyway.
- multislacking: Doing multiple slackeresque things concurrently.
- email bankruptcy: Clearing your inbox and starting from scratch.
- workahol: What workaholics are addicted to.
- foreploy: Misrepresenting yourself on a date in hopes of getting lucky.
- bluetool: Someone who always wears a Bluetooth earpiece, even when theyre not on the phone.
- breakup buddy: A friend who provides objective advice and post-breakup support.
- meh: A verbal shrug of indifference.
- hobosexual: The opposite of metrosexual; one who cares little for their own appearance.
- testosterphone: To make a quick and to-the-point phone call that lasts under thirty seconds.
- accountabilabuddy: A friend you get in trouble with and who's somewhat responsible for your actions.
- urban cougar: An older woman who hunts younger prey in bars and clubs.
- puma: An attractive woman in her late twenties, training to be a cougar.
- Pac-Manning: To drive on the dotted white lane divider, like Pac-Man eating dots.
Synopsis: Compiled from the wildly popular website Urbandictionary.com, Mo' Urban Dictionary: Ridonkulous Street Slang Defined includes more than 2,000 of the latest contemporary slang entries. Since the site's founding in 1999, more than 2.5 million definitions have been submitted. Thousands of new words and definitions are added each day.
Each alphabetized entry includes a word, a definition, and a sample sentence. Pop-ups throughout the book provide pop culture notes and interesting facts about the words.
- Applejacked: Having your Apple iPod stolen.
"Dude, on the train last night I totally got Applejacked!"
- bacon bit: A rent-a-cop; not good/important enough to be referred to as a "pig" or "bacon."
"I thought we'd be in trouble when the 5-0 started rollin' up, but then I realized it was just the bacon bits-mall security." - cruiser spoon: To park two police cruisers with the drivers' sides adjacent so that the officers can converse through the open windows.
"Better slow down, the po-po are cruiser spooning in the parking lot ahead." Synopsis: Compiled from the wildly popular Web site urbandictionary.com, "Mo Urban Dictionary" includes more than 2,000 of the latest contemporary slang entries. Each alphabetized entry includes a word, a definition, and a sample sentence. Pop-ups throughout the book provide pop culture notes and interesting facts about the words. About the Author Founded in 1999 by Aaron Peckham as a parody of dictionaries, Urbandictionary.com features definitions written by people from all over the world. Since then, Urban Dictionary has been cited in court, in graduation speeches, and by countless news media outlets, including CNN and Time magazine. Today Aaron is a software engineer in Silicon Valley and San Francisco.
Product Details
- ISBN:
- 9780740768750
- Subtitle:
- Ridonkulous Street Slang Defined
- Author:
- Peckham, Aaron
- Compiled:
- Peckham, Aaron
- Author:
- urbandictionary.com
- Author:
- Peckham, Aaron
- Author:
- Urbandictionary Com
- Author:
- Andrews McMeel Publishing
- Author:
- Andrews McMeel Publishing, LLC
- Publisher:
- Andrews McMeel Publishing
- Subject:
- Dictionaries
- Subject:
- Dictionaries - General
- Subject:
- English language
- Subject:
- Sociology - Urban
- Subject:
- Dictionaries - Idioms & Slang
- Subject:
- English language -- Slang.
- Subject:
- Sociology, Urban -- United States.
- Copyright:
- 2007
- Edition Description:
- Trade paper
- Publication Date:
- November 2007
- Binding:
- Paperback
- Grade Level:
- General/trade
- Language:
- English
- Pages:
- 231
- Dimensions:
- 7 x 5 in
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