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Top 10 'Urban Dictionary' words to impress friends, classmates

November 26, 2007

Have you ever committed “foreploy”?

Do you think an “urban cougar” is a wild cat in the suburbs or an older woman on the prowl for younger men?

Do you know the difference between a “carsophagus” and “carspective?”

If not, never fear, “Mo’ Urban Dictionary” is here to keep you hep to the latest jive.

The following is a selection of 10 words and the definitions.

Impress your friends with your fresh lingo.

10. Condomplating (v.)

The internal debate one has late at night, when one tries to decide if it’s worth running out to buy a condom. Condomplating frequently comes after mass booze consumption.

Guy: So my choices are your loft or your futon? Hang on, I’m condomplating.

9. Truthanize (v.)
To hit someone with the cold, brutal truth of a situation they have tried to ignore. A harsh act, truthanasia should only be used when you’ve absolutely got to get the point across.

Girl: I don’t want to truthanize you Jess, but Jeremy isn’t into girls.

8. Ramen budget (n.)

The financial state of a college student. Being so poor one can only afford to buy ramen noodles, arguably the cheapest food known to man.

Desdemona: Hey, want to buy tickets for the next concert at the Bres?

Eddie: I’d like to, but I can’t — I’m on a ramen budget.

7. Drive the Bronco: (v.)

To be an accomplice to something bad or at least do nothing to stop it. Taken from A.C. Cowlings driving O.J. Simpson in his white Bronco, leading the LAPD on a low-speed chase.

Jerome: Dude, I heard your little brother got MIP’d last night!

Sam: Yeah, he did, but I drove the Bronco — I’m the one who bought his beer.

6. Kentucky doorbell (n.)

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When your idiot friend is too lazy to schlep up a few stairs to your apartment, so they lay on the horn to let you know they’re there.

Jack (screaming out the driver’s window): Hey, Paul! I’m here, bro!

Paul (screaming from apartment): Jack, lay off the Kentucky doorbell, will ya? It’s 3 a.m.!

5. Clark Kent job (n.)

The job you take to pay the bills, not the job you want for the rest of your life. Usually menial and/or minimum wage.

James: So, what do you do?

Steven: Well, I scrub bowls in the caf …

James: Naw, man, that’s your Clark Kent job. I mean, what do you want to do?

4. Serial chiller (n.)

Someone who avoids strain, exertion or even movement at all costs. Usually found watching TV on the futon while you walk out into the cold to go to class.

Demetri: Does your roommate ever go to class?

Boris: Who, Wally? Naw, man, he’s a serial chiller.

3. Midnight gardening (v.)

Passing out in the bushes or next to a tree after consuming loads of booze at a party.

Sven: What happened to Jonesy?

Zeke: Aw, he downed a fifth of Jack, man. I left him midnight gardening a few blocks back.

2. Hobosexual (n.)

The polar opposite of the more common metrosexual, the hobosexual takes pride in not taking pride in his appearance.

Olga: Girl, Yuri dresses like a meth addict.

Celeste: No, that’s just his style. He’s more of a hobosexual.

1. Chevrolegs (n.)

When you’re broke and can’t afford a car, you’ve got to roll on what you were born with.

Natasha: Hey there, baby. What kind of ride you got?

Liam: Me? I’m rollin’ on some 1986 Chevrolegs.

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