Wednesday, April 24, 2013

U is for Urban Dictionary

 
 
Urban Dictionary is an edgy, online platform that provides user-driven definitions for practically every word and phrase imaginable.

Link Diving
The act of clicking further and further from your original subject of research. Commonly related to the popular website Wikipedia.com
 
linklost
State or condition when a person has unintentionally reached a completely different and unrelated internet destination than the destination at which the person originally intended to arrive by clicking on links on successive webpages (such as on Wikipedia or YouTube), to the point that the person cannot remember how he or she arrived there, or possibly even what the original destination was.
 
backseat surfer
Anyone who stands over your shoulder as you use the internet, directing your internet navigation

elevision
The act of people in an elevator staring up, uncomfortably, at the numbers as they light up when the car moves. Practiced out of nervousness.
 

 
My phone's about to die.
This is an expression commonly used to signal to another party that either a) you no longer want to text them, or b) you intend on hanging up. This is a smooth way to avoid answering or hearing things from other people.
right of wave
The expectation that a fellow driver will offer a wave after allowing them to cut into traffic.
 
parking karma
The uncanny ability to find an open parking space in a desirable location of a busy parking lot.
 
gift card laundering
The act of using a gift card to purchase another gift card of equal or slightly greater value in order to hide the fact that you're just regifting the original gift card.

Right of Wave
The expectation that a fellow driver will offer a wave after allowing them to cut into traffic.


 

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