If you want to know the official definition of a word, you turn to your trusty dictionary to find the answer. If you're looking to find the immediate cultural significance of a word that may not be in the OED or Merriam-Webster, however, you turn to Urban Dictionary. But have you ever witnessed someone trying to guess Urban Dictionary definitions? If this video from BuzzFeed is anything to go by, it's... quite an
BuzzFeed gave the participants of their experiment a series of of words and phrases from Urban Dictionary, then charged them with guessing what the definitions of those words and phrases are according to the online slang resource. The range of experience these people had on Urban Dictionary varied; one participant commented that she "hasn't been on there since middle school," while another commented that she just looked something up on the site earlier that morning. UD is known not only for its inclusion of culturally significant slang words like "bae" and "on fleek," but also for its huge database of sexual references; as such, it's probably not surprising that a lot of the participants guessed some particularly racy meanings for the words with which they were presented.
Here — let's look at three of the words and phrases the participants were quizzed on (warning: Many of them are, in fact, NSFW). To see the full video and even more Urban Dictionary words, make sure to watch the full video below.
1. "Clam Jam"
One woman immediately says she thinks it's "slang for STD," while another thinks it "sounds like something that would be on a Vagisil commercial." It turns out that it does have a sexual meaning, but it doesn't have anything to do with yeast infections or STD: A "Clam Jam" is defined as being the "female version of a cock block," which is actually really clever if you think about it (hint: what does a vulva look like?).
2. "Unicorning"
Have any idea what this one means? The participants thought might be some magic involved, or that it could possibly be in reference to some kind of horn. Well, it turns out that this one is actually a lot dirtier than you might expect: It's defined as "the act of strapping a dildo to your head and charging towards a person's anus or vagina." The participants seemed a little surprised by the definition, but didn't seem too fazed by the act itself. I can't help but wonder whether this is actually a thing people do, though.
3. "Wiener Cousins"
Next up, we have "Wiener Cousins," which one person thought might have a literal meaning of having a wiener that looks similar to your cousin's. Another thought it refers to guys that have slept with the same girl — which, it turns out, is right on. It also drives home the fact that having sex with someone exposes you to diseases or infections that all of their other partners could have had, so it's a great reminder to practice safer sex.
How many of these definitions did you guess correctly? To see more, watch the full video below.
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