Dictionary of the City Mouse

Remember the story about the city mouse and the country mouse? Well I barely remember it. Although, I do know that I am definitely a city mouse. The other day I was talking to a good friend who reminded me of the dictionary that the mice of the city used. This online database where people submit sayings and words with new definitions has provided hours of entertainment to the average city mouse. These can be normal words, original words, or words from the street (or under the subway tracks.) I am of course, talking about UrbanDictionary.com. And now, an analogy of explanation: As normative economics is to the real dictionary, positive economics is to the Urban Dictionary. For those of you who had problems with the previous sentence, normative economics is the study of how the economy should theoretically work, while positive economics is the study of how the economy actually works.

In a normal dictionary, "book" is defined as, "a written work or composition, printed on pages bound together, that has been published;" however, according to UrbanDictionary.com, "book" is defined as:



as well as,



I did a quick search of mono in UrbanDictionary.com. Here are my results:











Check out the grammatically correct sentence of: Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.

That's a lot of buffalo. If you are still confused, please visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo

I will now attempt to do the same thing with the word mono:

The mono, mono mono with mono was monoed.

Boom! (That sentence defined: The mono (as opposed to stereo), angry monkey with mononucleosis was challenged to beat the entire game using one pokemon.)


Here it is, your moment of zazen.

The apple doesn't fall far from the tree. You are the apple of my eye. An apple the day keeps the doctor away. Whoever came up with these sayings must have lived on an orchard, or an apple juice factory, where lives were clearly deeply affected by apples. I hate apples. Eat oranges.