theodp writes "The NYT Magazine's Virginia Heffernan sings the praises of the 'exquisite and unorthodox' Urban Dictionary, where 9-year-olds can learn without embarrassment what T&A is, and boomers can discreetly educate themselves about indelicate pop phenomena like booty. Unlike most useful media, the Urban Dictionary is made and used by young people who visit the site in droves — 15M unique visitors in April, 80% younger than 25. Aaron Peckham, who launched the website as a freshman Computer Science student in 1999, has kept his baby chugging along through Web booms and busts, pumping out three UD books before leaving his Google gig."
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Oops: Make that two UD books and a calendar (Score:2)
Actually two calendars, if you count the available-for-pre-order Urban Dictionary 2010 Calendar [amazon.com].
Edited? (Score:2)