Slango – Urban Dictionary
Michael E. | Feb 8, 2010 Reference
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(5 votes, average: 2.80 out of 5)
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Athletes, rappers, actors, and teenagers can frequently sound like they’re speaking a whole different language. Some of them are and that’s because they’re from a different planet. Most of them, however, are just throwing a slang term or two.
Here’s something else: over the past few days, I’ve noticed that nearly everyone is urbaning their name and posting what pops up as a status update on Facebook. Some of them are really quite embarassing and others are kind of cool. Wondering what ‘urbaning’ means? Or maybe you’re wondering what would appear if you were to look up your name as well?
At times like those, it’s good to have Schroederdev LLC’s Slango- Urban Dictionary at your fingertips. It is one of the most extensive slang dictionaries out there. In fact, at over 4,000,000 words, there isn’t much that isn’t included in this app. It‘s bigger than some of the actual dictionaries I’ve bought in the AppStore.
Slango uses the online database from “Urban Dictionary” and has some great features. The Word of the Day will give you the skinny on all the latest terms. Random word search will help you pass the time for minutes that stretch into hours, and Slango’s offline bookmark support will ensure that you can easily find your favorite words from yesterday or a month ago. And you can share words through Facebook, Twitter, or email.
Slango is very easy to use. The only drawback to the app is that it doesn’t support browsing, so you can’t read through terms alphabetically. Fortunately, a future update is in the works that will include this feature. I’m sureit will be a welcome addition, one that will enable me to waste even more time.
So if you’re looking for a slang dictionary that is fun, informative, and- at times- a little (no, make that a lot) raunchy, Slango- Urban Dictionary is exactly what you want. It is guaranteed to keep you and your friends entertained and laughing for days. Or at least in the know.
iTunes Link- Slango-Urban Dictionary
Version 1.1
Tested on iPod Touch 3.1.3
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- Word of the Day
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- Random word search
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- Random word search result
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- My name
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- Options for sharing your words
Tags: $.99, dictionary
WordDigest English Dictionary, Thesaurus & Spell Checker
Swain Valasek | Mar 31, 2009 Reference
User rating: (5 votes, average: 3.80 out of 5)
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Pulling a page from the book of extra-long titles, here now is WordDigest English Dictionary, Thesaurus & Spell Checker from Global Delight (blessedly shortened to just WordDigest hereafter). Since the title is so self-descriptive of the app’s function, I’ll list the unique features straightaway, paraphrased from their website:
- Dictionary containing more than 147,000 words
- IPA pronunciations for 87,000 words (IPA stands for International Phonetic Alphabet…ya I didn’t know what it stood for either)
- Built-in hyperlinked thesaurus for more than 28,000 words
- Built-in hyperlinked intelligent spell checker
- Bookmark favorite words for easy recall
- History of previously searched words
- Built in web search for Wikipedia, Wiktionary and Answers.com
- Option to show the etymology (word origins) for a word. This feature requires an active Internet connection.
- Option to alter the text size
Tags: $1.99, dictionary, spell checker, Swain Valasek, thesaurus
