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CNN.com - Joy Behar show transcript, Interview With Michael Moore

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:48:00 -0800

CNN.com - Joy Behar show transcript, Interview With Michael Moore:

BEHAR: Do you know what snorkeling is?

MOORE: I’ve never heard. I think it’s something you do in the Caribbean when you go on vacation.

BEHAR: I don’t think this particular type has anything to do with seeing the coral reef. I think it has some other meaning that people look — have to look up in the urban dictionary and then we’ll find out what it is.

MOORE: Yes. Have you looked it up?

BEHAR: Someone did. Someone did in the staff.

MOORE: But not you?

BEHAR: No, I have virgin ears.

This morning on NBC, Joe Scarborough mentioned he used Urban...

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:40:00 -0800

This morning on NBC, Joe Scarborough mentioned he used Urban Dictionary to decode vocabulary used in recent Eric Massa news stories.

Excerpted e-mail exchange between Dennis Paxinos and Stacie Muhlbeier

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:19:54 -0800

Excerpted e-mail exchange between Dennis Paxinos and Stacie Muhlbeier:

Stacie Muhlbeier claims County Attorney Dennis Paxinos sexually harassed her throughout her 9 years of employment in the county attorney’s office.

(In this exchange) Paxinos apparently quotes a golden child definition from the Urban Dictionary.

Urban Dictionary's 12 funniest travel entries | Gadling.com

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:15:36 -0800

Urban Dictionary's 12 funniest travel entries | Gadling.com:

We can’t guarantee that you’ll ever use (or hear) many of these travel terms from Urban Dictionary, but we can guarantee that this list is a lot funnier than the real dictionary’s 12 funniest travel entries. (Sample Merriam-Webster definition for tourist: “One that makes a tour for pleasure or culture.” See? It’s really missing a punch line.)

"But times have changed and now the Internet has become a teeming compendium of all the outre things..."

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:35:09 -0800

“But times have changed and now the Internet has become a teeming compendium of all the outre things that we are doing to one another. And, as the good people at Proximo Spirits found out to their dismay, before you give your product a name, you’d better check with the Urban Dictionary.”

- Urban Dictionary Presents New Challenge For Brand Marketers - Huffington Post

Why Didn't You Tell Me About Chooching? - The Awl

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:31:57 -0800

Why Didn't You Tell Me About Chooching? - The Awl:

Apparently, [chooching] means to masturbate while crying. Am I like the last person in the world to have learned this? And, if so, why? Because I’m familiar as hell with the act, I just had no idea they had given a name to it. Anyway, for your files.

"The shipmate also said Massa once climbed up to his roommate’s top bunk to attempt to execute..."

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:24:41 -0800

“The shipmate also said Massa once climbed up to his roommate’s top bunk to attempt to execute a sexual maneuver known as snorkeling — for more information go to UrbanDictionary.com.”

- FOXNews.com - Pelosi’s Office in the Loop on Massa Months Ago, Sexual Allegations Persist

"So, with apologies to Bill Maher, we propose a “new rule” for naming brand extensions:..."

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:03:10 -0800

“So, with apologies to Bill Maher, we propose a “new rule” for naming brand extensions: Check Urban Dictionary First.”

- RangTang Vodka Tainted by Slang Definition - Advertising Age

Text Urban Dictionary at (209) 87-URBAN

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 13:58:00 -0800

Stuck without an internet connection? We’re testing a service for looking up Urban Dictionary definitions on your phone.

Text a word to (209) 87-URBAN (209-878-7226) and we’ll text you the definition!

(It costs the same as a normal text message. There aren’t any additional charges.)

www.urbandictionary.com/iphone/ is also a good way to look up definitions on your phone.

The Week's best invented words - thestar.com

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 12:57:56 -0800

The Week's best invented words - thestar.com

How to use Urban Dictionary | eHow.com

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 12:39:53 -0800

How to use Urban Dictionary | eHow.com

inventorspot.com - The Chatroulette Genie & 'F9' Are Out Of The Bottle!

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 12:37:00 -0800

inventorspot.com - The Chatroulette Genie & 'F9' Are Out Of The Bottle!:

Having been launched just a few months ago and only totally 85,000 users (at any one point in time) as of February 20, the Chatroulette phenomenon is already generating it’s own cult lingo. The Urban Dictionary defines “F9” as the act of “going through relationships rapidly, or to be promiscuous.” Still confused? So was I. “F9” derives from Chatroulette, where the F9 key brings up another chat-partner.

National Post - Oh, Facebook! The bait of an update

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 12:29:09 -0800

National Post - Oh, Facebook! The bait of an update:

Vaguebooking’s core concept lies within the status writer’s ability to bait its readers while still remaining elusive. It is always confessional, provocative and indeterminably sly. Bob was wrong to do that. Jane should have handled that better. These phrases are consistently open-ended but hint at something more just below their surface.

Fabolous presents the Urban Dictionary Word of the Day:...

Sun, 21 Feb 2010 21:19:25 -0800

Fabolous presents the Urban Dictionary Word of the Day: “Procrasterbating”. (via comedycentral)

How to Help Customers Survive Web Traffic Spikes | MSPmentor

Sat, 20 Feb 2010 13:25:46 -0800

How to Help Customers Survive Web Traffic Spikes | MSPmentor:

One of Voxel’s managed hosting customers, Urban Dictionary, was the recent subject of a Facebook craze and a 20x boost in traffic compared with its previous record. Raj Dutt, Voxel’s chief executive officer, pointed to three offerings that helped Urban Dictionary deal with the influx.

University of Idaho - Serenity Now: Urban Dictionary this...

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 22:30:45 -0800

University of Idaho - Serenity Now: Urban Dictionary this...:

And people wonder why children these days are so illiterate.

Doppelganger Week Turns To Urban Dictionary - compete.com blog

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:31:47 -0800

Doppelganger Week Turns To Urban Dictionary - compete.com blog

Colbert helps diversify 'Canada's History' - Toronto Sun

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 15:33:26 -0800

Colbert helps diversify 'Canada's History' - Toronto Sun:

He then instructed viewers to go online to urbandictionary.com, a Wikipedia-like website that allows users to enter definitions for words and slang, to redefine the magazine’s new name “in the most jaw-dropping terms imaginable.”

…As of 3:30 p.m. Friday, the website had attracted 412 definitions, most of which carry descriptions so graphic in nature they can’t be detailed here.

Facebook's Doppelganger Week Is Viral Groupthink - TIME

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:57:23 -0800

Facebook's Doppelganger Week Is Viral Groupthink - TIME:

Now, there’s no official Facebook theme team, decreeing these silly fads from on high. These are grass-roots memes that spread virally throughout the site, making them difficult to trace back to an origin with any certainty.

Iowa GOP leader criticizes ‘pillow biters’ for protesting in Britain - Iowa Independent

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:51:58 -0800

Iowa GOP leader criticizes ‘pillow biters’ for protesting in Britain - Iowa Independent:

Ted Sporer, a Des Moines attorney and veteran GOP strategist, was so upset by a group of British protesters who last week criticized former prime minister Tony Blair that he used a derogatory slur against homosexuals to attack them. However, Sporer says he was unaware that the term he used was considered an anti-gay slur.