While not all of us use dead giveaways like fanny packs and well-thumbed phrase books on our travels (not that there’s anything wrong with that), we can certainly show we “ain’t from around these parts” as soon as we open our mouths. Before your trip, brush up on some of the words not found in those phrase books with UrbanDictionary.com.
Launched in 1999 by Aaron Peckham, then a student at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, the website allows users to upload their favorite definitions, and gauge trends in pop culture and urban slang in different regions of the world. It’s now morphed into a mega list of some joking (see “milkshake“) and some serious regional hipster and cultural words and phrases. An obvious example: “Mates” means male friends or drinking buddies in New Zealand, Britain and Australia. In Dubai, you’d call them your shabaab and in Poland, they’re ziom.
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