Members here can click on the thumbs down, and get it removed as being a poor definition, or click on redefine to try and change it.
So there is something practical we can do to change it.
I have seen these before,
Urban dictionary attracts a lot of non serious offerings for definitions,people tend to use it to troll.
I find it stupid,they have rejected a lot of innocent and accurate definitions off other people I know and myself but they accept fake trash off people like that.
Urban dictionary is something that shouldn't be offended over,as a large quantity of it is designed to do that.
There's too many trolls on there now,it is a good resource for looking up things that wouldn't be in a regular dictionary but people are ruining it with their stupid definitions.
Peter, NTs hold these views because it is convenient for them to do so. It enables them to avoid any feeling of social obligation to help those less fortunate than themselves.
Stella
I had one person try to tell me I am not autistic. So I told them about the sensations I get every day from too much audio input or whatever. I then asked them if they thought they could live with it.
Perhaps she couldn't hear it, Peter.
Line-frequency for a 625 lines TV-system is: 625 lines x 25 pictures/sec. = 15625Hz
The ability to hear high notes declines with age, and is more acute in some individuals than others.
, affection for emo,
Could somebody please tell me who "emo" is? I've heard of him/her a couple of times before on the internet.
Alison
Could somebody please tell me who "emo" is? I've heard of him/her a couple of times before on the internet.
An "emo" is basically an attention-seeking, (self-proclaimed) depressed, over-emotional person who wallows in self-pity, fishes for sympathy, and constantly whines about how horrible everything is.
"Emo" is mostly used to describe people, but is also sometimes used to describe a behavior.
Peter- high pitched sounds from electrical appliances drive me crazy too.
I have often made the mistake of unplugging freezer when I can no longer cope and then forgetting to plug it back in later...
"Emo" is mostly used to describe people, but is also sometimes used to describe a behavior.
Thanks for that. Now I know! :grin:
Alison
"Emo" is a kind of music, which has now developed into a fashion. It started off in the late 80s hardcore punk scene, where "emocore" referring to bands that had emotional (rather than political) lyrics. Nowadays it refers to pop-punk/nu-metal bands that cry, and their angsty teenage fans.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emo_%28music%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emo_%28slang%29
So, that's the history and wider meaning of it... I only knew of the word's common use online for referring to people with certain characteristics.
Yeah, it's pretty much an insult now. Shame, because some of the early emocore bands are amazing.
I'm a voulunteer editor on Urban Dictionary, I shall see if I can edit it out guys. I'm sickned that idiots can post that sort of thing. This is the major problem with UD is that because it allows people to just post things it is hard to monitor what gets posted.
The guidelines we get as editors are as follows:-
1. Publish celebrity names but reject friends' names.
Publish definitions of Jennifer Lopez because she's famous, but reject my girlfriend Sally. (First names within the entry are okay, because they don't identify an individual.) Same for bands and schools: publish if popular and reject if unknown.
2. Publish racial and sexual slurs but reject racist and sexist entries.
Entries can document discrimination but not endorse it. People use slurs in everyday speech, so they should be published.
3. Publish opinions.
Don't reject an entry because it's opinionated. Opinions can be useful to readers who are unfamiliar with a topic. Don't reject an entry because you disagree or are offended. Don't reject an entry because you think it's inaccurate.
4. Publish place names.
Publish names, nicknames and area codes of neighborhoods and cities.
5. Publish non-slang words. Ignore misspellings and swearing.
Any word from your life belongs here, so don't reject an entry because it's in a real dictionary. Don't reject an entry because it's misspelled or includes swearing.
6. Publish jokes.
Publish sarcastic entries. Reject inside jokes only your friends understand.
7. Reject sexual violence.
Reject made-up violent sexual acts.
8. Reject nonsense. Be consistent on duplicates.
Reject nonsensical, circular, unspecific or all-caps entries. Reject entries with non-English definitions (non-English words and examples are okay). Be consistent if you see two similar definitions.
9. Reject ads for web sites.
Reject an entry whose only purpose is to advertise a web site. Advertising will hook them up.
10. Finally, publish if it looks plausible.
It's better to publish a plausible entry than to reject it. You might not have heard the word, but it could be the next hyphy.
We get thousands of entries per day to look at and sometimes things slip through the net. I can only apologise.
Yours in randomness
RG
The ability to hear high notes declines with age, and is more acute in some individuals than others.
Don't put too much faith in this. At the age of 45 I can hear and react to high pitch sound more than I did in my 20s.
My mother, at the grand age of 78, can hear changes in the electricity supply and the whine of electric motors (including a water pump which turns on and off at times over 300 metres away).
Me too. For some reason I can hear any kind of electric motor or appliance from a distance if the conditions are right. My clock by the bedside makes a hum sound that my wife can't hear, but, I can a lot of times. (Not always) And it bugs me enough that I spend a little bit of time and effort to position myself where I can't hear it.
Peace