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Publication details [#49980]

Cotter, Colleen and John Damaso. 2007. UrbanDictionary.com. English Today 23 (2) : 19–26.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

dictionary | internet | lexicography | slang | vocabulary growth

Language as a subject

English

Place, Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Journal WWW

journals.cambridge.org/

Annotation

This paper discusses how UrbanDictionary.com (UD), a popular online slang dictionary, offers a context for collaborative engagement in word selection and meaning-making by contributing end-users.