Cenk Uygur
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Courts Hilariously Use Urban Dictionary in Cases
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May 26, 2013
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4:16Now Playing"The wheels of justice move slowly sometimes, but not, apparently, as slowly as Webster's New World Dictionary.
Slang has always been a challenge for the courts in cases that involve vulgar or insulting language. Conventional dictionaries lag the spoken word by design. That has lawyers and judges turning to a more fluid source of definitions: Urban Dictionary, a crowdsourced collection of slang words on the Internet."*
What do the courts do when defendants use slang words in evidence? Consult Urban Dictionary, of course! The crowd-sourced site has had more than its day in court. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian break it down.
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