What is Urbane Dictionary?
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If it existed, it some would say it to be the exact opposite of Urban Dictionary. In reality, Urban Dictionary is just a subset of a truly Urbane Dictionary, ideally conceived.
One would perhaps not expect to find offensive slang, misspellings or incorrect grammar in the Urbane Dictionary. Urban Dictionary however? Par for the course, old boy. The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is quite urbane, though congnizant of urban slang. A good, truly urbane dictionary, however, would not seek to be prescriptive, it would faithfully report usage, both vulgar and sublime, without overt judgement or censorship. Thus, the OED and Urban Dictionary truly need each other, in the grand scheme of things.
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A dictionary that is polite, refined, and often elegant in manner.
The American Heritage Dictionary is an urbane dictionary.
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An online dictionary that is the EXACT same
thing as Urban Dictionary. Typing in urbanedictionary (note the 'e' after 'urban') will bring you to slangdefine (no 'e'), even though Urbane and Urban mean two different things.
"Yo what the fuck does crump-thump mean, homie?"
"I dunno lemme check on Urbane Dictionary"
"You mean Urban dictionary?"
"It's the same thing!"
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A way for bad spellers to enter this website.
Yo man, I went to urbane dictionary and it sent me to slangdefine.
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