Urban Dictionary

urbandictionary.com
Wikipedia is a free encyclopedia that is written by the public. Somewhat similar to Wikipedia is the free online slang dictionary urbandictionary.com, which is also written by the public. Instead of information you'd find in an encyclopedia, Urban Dictionary offers online users a slang dictionary. You can find anything from someone's definition of a person's name to the definition of "fo shizzle". No lie, you can look up pretty much any word you can think of. Urban Dictionary is pretty odd and it is definetly not a website you would site as your source for a paper, but it is kind of interesting to check out since we have been discussing Wikipedia and its advantages and disadvantages. I couldn't find the history behind Urban Dictionary on their website, and when I 'Googled' it I couldn't help but laugh a little when I looked at what popped up as the first result. It was none other than Wikipedia's result for Urban Dictionary. According to Wikipedia, Urban Dictionary is very similar to its own site in the way that it is written and edited by their users. However, on urbandictionary.com the users can also rank their definitions, making the most popular posts appear first. Although Urban Dictionary is probably only used for entertainment purposes, I found it really interesting comparing it to another publicly-open site.