Hello slang fans!
Now that The Online Slang Dictionary has been gathering offensiveness votes for some time, I added a "Most offensive words" page. It contains some pretty foul language, so be forewarned.
I've also added 2 sets of slang updates:
Now that slang words and definitions can be added directly via the website, I don't need to make an update for there to be new slang. In addition to the above updates, there were submissions on:
Enjoy!
-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)
The circumference of a woman's ankle is about 11 inches, on average. That's not much to obsess about. But enough Americans are concerned about fat ankles -- or "cankles" -- that gyms are coming up with new ways to tone them; plastic surgeons are pushing $4,000 to $6,000 liposuction procedures to slim them; and shoe companies are offering special models designed to minimize them...
The rest of the article is available here.
-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)
Hello slang fans!
The "Online Slang Dictionary - News and Updates" news feed has been available for a couple years now. (Most of you subscribe to it via e-mail.) Now, this content is available on a proper blog.
The Online Slang Dictionary Blog (blog.onlineslangdictionary.com) contains all the content from "News and Updates" - and more. I'll periodically post articles of interest to slang aficionados. Plus, you can comment on each posting.
So come by blog.onlineslangdictionary.com and say hi!
I've also added 5 sets of slang updates:
Don't forget that you can now add slang words and definitions directly on the website. Click on the "Submit" tab to get started.
-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)
Great news! Registered users can now add new slang words via the website. Click the "Submit" tab to get started.
Also, I added a new option to Usage Voting: "I no longer use this slang word." Now it will be possible to identify slang that's no longer in common use.
Plus, there's 3 new sets of slang updates:
Come by the site, sign up or sign in, and go to town adding missing slang words.
-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)
The British Ministry of Justice is warning the country's prisons that prisoners have taken to using a 16th-century slang to hide talk about drug deals... Officials said they determined that "chat" and "onick" are being used as code for heroin, while "cawbe" denotes crack cocaine and "inick" is code for a cell phone or a SIM card...
The rest of the article is available here.
-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)
Great news! Registered users can now add definitions to most slang terms via the website. Just look for these links below the definitions:
I've also added 3 sets of slang updates:
Come by the site, sign up or sign in, and go to town adding missing or new definitions.
-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — A Las Vegas man won a courtroom battle Wednesday with the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles over his "HOE" license plate, which the agency tried to cancel on grounds that he was using a slang reference to prostitutes...
The rest of the article is available here.
-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)
Hello slang fans!
I've added 3 sets of slang updates:
Don't forget that the Online Slang Dictionary has Vulgarity Meters, which show you at a glance whether a slang word is workplace appropriate (or ever appropriate.)
Come by the site, sign up for a user account, and weigh in with your vote on how vulgar these new and updated slang words are!
-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)
Hello slang fans!
I've added 4 sets of slang updates:
Don't forget that the Online Slang Dictionary now has Vulgarity Meters, which show you at a glance whether a slang word is workplace appropriate (or ever appropriate.)
Come by the site, sign up for a user account, and weigh in with your vote on how vulgar these new and updated slang words are!
-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)
