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08-17-2009, 09:36 PM

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Originally Posted by GTJ View Post
Sure it is. A culture defines the words it uses. Just because it isn't in print doesn't make it invalid. Urban Dictionary is very much a cultural vocabulary resource.
Technically, UrbanDictionary is a crowdsourced online dictionary with a system called evaluation measure. This is why it's a nice resource for morphologists and sociolinguists who research on internet English.

UrbanDictionary is not a true dictionary, people say? Anyway it's a great resource for some linguistics researchers.


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