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TVTropes also having entries there seems to be worth mentioning.
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Definitions of Website/ThisVeryWiki can also [[http://urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=TVTropes be found there]].
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%% * WriterOnBoard: See AuthorsTract above.
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* TakeThat: A lot of entries are little more than targeted insults against the topic being "defined" (arguably, that is part of the site's charm). For instance, "MTV" is just page after page mocking the NetworkDecay of Creator/{{MTV}}, rather than a listing of actual acronyms.
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def only page, not a trope
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* NotSafeForWork: It's a user-driven slang compendium. What did you expect? Sunshine and rainbows?
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* AuthorTract: Most of the definitions tend to be personal opinions of the contributor.
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* AuthorTract: Most of the definitions tend to be personal opinions of the contributor. Look up any name you can think of, and you can divide the definitions almost perfectly down the middle by way of looking at positive vs. negative opinions on people in the users' lives with that particular name.
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* ImprobablyLowIQ: The most popular definition for [[http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=1 "1"]] is "[[AcceptableTargets The IQ of]] [[UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush President George Bush]]."
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* ImprobablyLowIQ: The most popular definition for [[http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=1 "1"]] is "[[AcceptableTargets The "The IQ of]] of [[UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush President George Bush]]."
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* PerfectlyCromulentWord: Many of the terms are made up.
* PetTheDog: With a combination of EveryoneHasStandards, their definitions for the word "suicide" are surprisingly sensitive and anyone who tries to make an incendiary definition [[UnacceptableTargets gets immediately downvoted.]]
* PetTheDog: With a combination of EveryoneHasStandards, their definitions for the word "suicide" are surprisingly sensitive and anyone who tries to make an incendiary definition [[UnacceptableTargets gets immediately downvoted.]]
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%% * PerfectlyCromulentWord: Many of the terms are made up.
* PetTheDog: With a combination of EveryoneHasStandards, their definitions for the word "suicide" are surprisingly sensitive and anyone who tries to make an incendiary definition[[UnacceptableTargets gets immediately downvoted.]]
* PetTheDog: With a combination of EveryoneHasStandards, their definitions for the word "suicide" are surprisingly sensitive and anyone who tries to make an incendiary definition
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* ToiletHumour: If it isn't sexual humor it's often this.
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%% * ToiletHumour: If it isn't sexual humor it's often this.
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* SelfDeprecation: Most of the definitions the site gives for "urbandictionary" mock the site itself and/or its contributors.
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* StockYuck: One definition for [[http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=girls+who+eat+carrots "girls who eat carrots"]] states that all girls hate carrots.
-->''"They are not actual humans, [[StockAnimalDiet they are fucking rabbits]], don't trust a girl who says that they eat carrots, because girls hate carrots."''
-->''"They are not actual humans, [[StockAnimalDiet they are fucking rabbits]], don't trust a girl who says that they eat carrots, because girls hate carrots."''
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* AcceptablePoliticalTargets: Some of the more negative definitions have UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush included in it.
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* PerfectlyCromulentWord: As noted, many Many of the terms are made up.
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* SelfDeprecation: The most popular definition of "Urban Dictionary" as shown on top of this page.
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* SophisticatedAsHell: A great many of the definitions are written this way.
* TakeThat: Many definitions are this.
* TakeThat: Many definitions are this.
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->"A place formerly used to find out about slang, and now a place that teens with no life use as a burn book to whine about celebrities, their friends, etc., let out their sexual frustrations, show off their racist/sexist/homophobic/anti-(insert religion here) opinions, {{troll}}, and babble about things they know nothing about."
--> -- Urban Dictionary's [[http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=urban%20dictionary former main definition of itself]].
->"A site where it's a challenge to find one subject where no one talks about sex."
--> -- Urban Dictionary's [[http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=urban%20dictionary current main definition of itself]].
--> -- Urban Dictionary's [[http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=urban%20dictionary former main definition of itself]].
->"A site where it's a challenge to find one subject where no one talks about sex."
--> -- Urban Dictionary's [[http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=urban%20dictionary current main definition of itself]].
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Urban Dictionary can be found [[http://www.urbandictionary.com/ here]]. If you want a user-contributed dictionary with ''legitimate'' words and definitions, you may want to consider Wiki/{{Wikipedia}}'s sister project [[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page Wiktionary]].
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Urban Dictionary can be found [[http://www.urbandictionary.com/ here]]. If you want a user-contributed dictionary with ''legitimate'' words and definitions, you may want to consider Wiki/{{Wikipedia}}'s Website/{{Wikipedia}}'s sister project [[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page Wiktionary]].
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* AccidentalPun: An eigenpun.
* AuthorTract: As mentioned by the second page quote, most of the definitions tend to be personal opinions of the contributor.
* AuthorTract: As mentioned by the second page quote, most of the definitions tend to be personal opinions of the contributor.
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* HollywoodAtheist: Looking at the definitions for "atheism," some contributors are this. Also see definitions for "religion," "the bible," "God," etc..
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Many of the terms defined are derogatory or describe [[UnreliableNarrator (likely fictional)]] sexual acts, so The Urban Dictionary is [[NotSafeForWork not exactly something a child should browse through unsupervised]]. It also gives personal opinions by contributors on certain subjects (bands, movies, books...), with contributors rarely considering the opinions of others. It can be useful for finding out how an unknown term is used, but don't trust it blindly; a significant fraction of the definitions are made up by the person contributing them.
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Many of the terms defined are derogatory or describe [[UnreliableNarrator (likely fictional)]] sexual acts, so The Urban Dictionary is [[NotSafeForWork not exactly something a child should browse through unsupervised]]. It also gives personal opinions by contributors on certain subjects (bands, movies, books...), with contributors rarely considering the opinions of others. It can be useful for finding out how an unknown term is used, but don't trust it blindly; a significant fraction of the definitions are made up by the person contributing them.
them. It's usually a good idea to read multiple definitions and decide for yourself which ones sound plausible.
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-->''"What you are doing right now. Get the [[PrecisionFStrike fuck]] going and finish your homework."''
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* AcceptablePoliticalTargets: Some of the more negative definitions have UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush included in it.
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* ForeignCultureFetish: The term [[https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Sabaton%20Effect "Sabaton Effect"]] (named for [[Music/{{Sabaton}} the Swedish metal band]]) is defined as feeling PatrioticFervor for countries one is not actually from, due to learning about dramatic moments in their history.
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Many of the terms defined are derogatory or describe [[UnreliableNarrator (likely fictional)]] sexual acts, so The Urban Dictionary is [[NotSafeForWork not exactly something a child should browse through unsupervised]]. It also gives personal opinions by contributors on certain subjects (bands, movies, books...), with contributors rarely considering the opinions of others. It can be useful for finding out how an unknown term is used, but don't trust it blindly; a significant fraction of the definitions are made up by the person contributing them[[note]]Many slang words now have definitions in official dictionaries, for your information[[/note]].
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Many of the terms defined are derogatory or describe [[UnreliableNarrator (likely fictional)]] sexual acts, so The Urban Dictionary is [[NotSafeForWork not exactly something a child should browse through unsupervised]]. It also gives personal opinions by contributors on certain subjects (bands, movies, books...), with contributors rarely considering the opinions of others. It can be useful for finding out how an unknown term is used, but don't trust it blindly; a significant fraction of the definitions are made up by the person contributing them[[note]]Many slang words now have definitions in official dictionaries, for your information[[/note]].
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* LuckBasedMission: Every definition you write goes through a reviewal process that asks users if this should be on the site or not. It's a 50-50 chance that your new definition will appear on the site.
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* LuckBasedMission: Every Up until 2021, every definition you write goes through a reviewal process that asks users if this should be on the site or not. It's a 50-50 chance that your new definition will appear on the site.
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* AccidentalPun: An eigenpun.
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* AccidentalPun: An eigenpun.
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* {{GIFT}}: Letting the Internet at large define (and often make up out of whole cloth) often sexual and offensive slang terms makes this a ForegoneConclusion.
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* InternetJerk: Letting the Internet at large define (and often make up out of whole cloth) often sexual and offensive slang terms makes this a ForegoneConclusion.
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* PunnyName/ HurricaneOfPuns: Looking up "[[http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Jack%20Shit jack shit]]" will give you a "genealogy" of Jack Schitt and his extended family, starting with his mother and father (Awe Schitt and O. Schitt).
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* PunnyName/ HurricaneOfPuns: PunnyName: Looking up "[[http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Jack%20Shit jack shit]]" will give you a HurricaneOfPuns "genealogy" of Jack Schitt and his extended family, starting with his mother and father (Awe Schitt and O. Schitt).
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Troping real people
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* {{Jerkass}}: A lot of the contributors.
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* {{Troll}}: Many contributors are these. And '''very''' bigoted ones.
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Many of the terms defined are derogatory or describe [[UnreliableNarrator (likely fictional)]] sexual acts, so The Urban Dictionary is [[NotSafeForWork not exactly something a child should browse through unsupervised]]. It also gives personal opinions by contributors on certain subjects (bands, movies, books...), with contributors rarely considering the opinions of others. It can be useful for finding out how an unknown term is used, but don't trust it blindly; a significant fraction of the definitions are made up by the person contributing them.
them[[note]]Many slang words now have definitions in official dictionaries, for your information[[/note]].
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->"A site where it's a challenge to find one subject where no one talks about sex."
--> -- Urban Dictionary's [[http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=urban%20dictionary current main definition of itself]].
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Many of the terms defined are derogatory or describe [[UnreliableNarrator (likely fictional)]] sexual acts, so The Urban Dictionary is [[NotSafeForWork not exactly something a child should browse through unsupervised]]. It also gives personal opinions by contributors on certain subjects (bands, movies, books...), with contributors rarely considering the opinions of others. It can be useful for finding out how an unknown term is used, but don't trust it blindly; a significant fraction of the definitions are made up by the person contributing them.
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* PetTheDog: With a combination of EveryoneHasStandards, their definitions for the word "suicide" are surprisingly sensitive and anyone who tries to make an incendiary definition [[UnacceptableTargets gets immediately downvoted.]]
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* FanBoy: Some celebrities have incredibly favorable definitions, which generally talk about how talented and beautiful they are.
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* ToiletHumor: If it isn't sexual humor it's often this.
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* ToiletHumor: ToiletHumour: If it isn't sexual humor it's often this.
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The definition of UD by UD given here, while no less accurate, is now the #4 ranked such definition. Updated to reflect this.
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--> -- Urban Dictionary's [[http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=urban%20dictionary main definition of itself]].
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* HeManWomanHater: The (formerly) most popular definition for [[http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=evil "evil"]]. Complete with InsaneTrollLogic.
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* HeManWomanHater: HeManWomanHater:
** The (formerly) most popular definition for [[http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=evil "evil"]]. Complete with InsaneTrollLogic.
** The (formerly) most popular definition for [[http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=evil "evil"]]. Complete with InsaneTrollLogic.
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* HollywoodAtheist: Looking at the definitions for "atheism," some contributors are this.
** Also see definitions for "religion," "the bible," "God," etc..
** Also see definitions for "religion," "the bible," "God," etc..
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* HollywoodAtheist: Looking at the definitions for "atheism," some contributors are this.
**this. Also see definitions for "religion," "the bible," "God," etc..
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* TakeThatAudience: The first definition for [[http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=stupid "stupid"]]
** Also, the first definition for [[http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=procrastinate "procrastinate"]].
** Also, the first definition for [[http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=procrastinate "procrastinate"]].
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** The first definition for [[http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=stupid "stupid"]]
**Also, the The first definition for [[http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=procrastinate "procrastinate"]].
** The first definition for [[http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=stupid "stupid"]]
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* AuthorTract: More like "contributor tract" that is, most of the definitions tend to be personal opinions of the contributor.
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* AuthorTract: More like "contributor tract" that is, As mentioned by the second page quote, most of the definitions tend to be personal opinions of the contributor.
