Recently, while working on my current book, I went to the archives of a site that I've known about for a while but rarely had occasion to use. I had a slang term I wanted to use, but I didn't have a clue how to spell it.
Enter the Urban Dictionary.
1. bougie
Aspiring to be a higher class than one is. Derived from bourgeois - meaning middle/upper class, traditionally despised by communists.
When my friend Miya wears a blazer or Lucy gets a massage I call them bougie cause we're unemployed college students.
Source: indi, Jun 23, 2004
1. fo shizzle
:for sure; derived from Snoop Dogg.
This new doggyfizzle televizzle gon' be off the hizzle, fo shizzle.
Source: diambenz, Jun 20, 2003
2. fo shizzle
Slang for "for sure". Though most people attribute it to Snoop Dogg, fo shizzle can be traced back originally to E-40 from Vallejo, California. While originating out of hip-hop culture, this phrase has been overused to the point of triteness. Its most famous usage is
Fo shizzle, my nizzle.
Source: blair, Apr 11, 2004
As a fiction writer, this is a valuable resource. Either because you want to spice up the speech of a secondary character or because you think you know what something means, but you don't want to risk using the word incorrectly.
This site has a load of words you won't find in Webster's. And the definitions are provided by the community, so they can be hit or miss.
1. wordage
A word to describe someone's use of words.
"Hey you have really good wordage."
"I've got good wordage!"
"Your wordage is so lame!"
Source: Daniel Hough, Apr 12, 2004
2. wordage
Slang for the word "words".
"Bury me near my house" was my grandfather's last wordage.
Source: monkeyGOD, Jul 30, 2003