I’m a word nerd. I like learning the etymology of words and seeing how language changes over time. So I was intrigued when comedian Harris Wittels coined the term “humblebrag” and when Weird Al ...

We love us some Urban Dictionary, in part because it features plenty of unusual definitions for words we thought we knew pretty damn well — like, for instance, “Colorado” and “Denver.” Our latest ...

51. Legendary — a state of extreme awesomeness, popularized by Neil Patrick Harris’ character “Barney Stinson” on How I Met Your Mother (often, the syllables are drawn out as in the case of said ...

If you want to know the official definition of a word, you turn to your trusty dictionary to find the answer. If you're looking to find the immediate cultural significance of a word that may not be in ...

Urban Dictionary is a crowd-sourced online dictionary of contemporary slang which attracts approximately 80 million users per month. It is currently ranked as the 23rd most popular website in the US ...

The user-run internet lexicon Urban Dictionary emerged in the early 2000s to define and occasionally create online slang — and, in doing so, has both shaped and reflected the internet, as well as ...

The use of slang in court proceedings can be tricky, especially in criminal cases where an uncommon slang term used by a witness can make a difference in a case. New York Times tech reporter Leslie ...

77. Rickroll — a prank involving sending a video with a promising or salacious title that turns out to be a video of Rick Astley singing “Never Gonna Give You Up” 78. Said no one ever — an expression ...