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Urban Dictionary - Words Defined by Users



Urban Dictionary site contains more than 4 million definitions and this Urban Dictionary is a web service which truly illustrates the power behind user generated content. Urban Dictionary was founded in 1999 by Aaron Peckham, he was a freshman computer science major at California Polytechnic State University.

Urban Dictionary web service receives approximatly 15 million unique vistors monthly and with an average of 2,000 being submitted daily for the definitions they want to know. Any one can define a word on Urban Dictionary, with that we can also submit pictures and sounds too. Users can vote on the existing definitions by giving them thumbs up and down. These points determine the way multiple definitions for particular term are ranked.

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