Urbandictionary.com

Have you ever come across that little bit of slang that everyone seems to recognize...except for you? Maybe it's a clever acronym being used on a website or in a forum (like NSFW - meaning Not Safe For Work) or something a bit more crude being bandied about by the IT guys (RTFM for example...something NSFW, btw). Maybe it's just some expression that part of the slang at your new job or school, or a team name being used at a game of trivia at the bar.

Urbandictionary.com is here to save the day.

Just as Wikipedia has become the default place to go when seeking out common knowledge, UrbanDictionary is the place to go when seeking out common language.

In addition to an extensive database of words, expressions, and acronyms the site also has a 'word of the day' email that can range from political (see obamama) to business (like blind transfer) to topical (like 'Land it in the Hudson').

To accommodate the multiple interpretations that slang words can carry around the country (and the world) there are multiple entries for many words...and each one is voted up or down by readers...so that the most popular definitions rise to the top.

BE WARNED - Like most slang, there's plenty of foul, inappropriate language used on the site. That said, it can be an invaluable reference...especially when you're faced with the situation of not knowing what a slang word means and are too embarrassed to ask.

Kthxbi!