Since conventional dictionaries don’t always include the latest in slang terminology, lawyers and judges are looking to define language in court cases by turning to Urban Dictionary.
— Law and Order and Urban Dictionary - Jen Doll - The Atlantic Wire
The site’s been used in cases ranging from a sexual harrassment lawsuit in Tennessee to a financial restitution case in Wisconsin, and it’s a trend that some legal minds don’t see reversing any time soon.
— Courts are increasingly turning to Urban Dictionary to clarify modern slang language | The Verge
Watson, IBM's supercomputer, memorized Urban Dictionary. Then it was taken away.
Once scholars agonised for years over additions to language. Now, online dictionaries enable instant updates
Almost perversely, Urban Dictionary avoids most of the standard dictionary apparatus. You won’t find information about parts of speech, etymologies or even standard spellings in it. Its sensibility, in fact, borders on the illiterate, which must be a first for a dictionary.