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‘Dictionaried’ is reflection of pop culture through the documentation of urban slang that is humorous and unfiltered. Urban slang is an important part of popculture. It is a reflection of of the speed and the power of pop culture today, especially with the help of the internet. A phrase not found in a dictionary can pop up over night on Facebook that may reflect current social mores and events around the word. An example of this is the death of Harambe, the gorilla at Cincinnati Zoo. Memes and phrases referencing Harambe popped up within minutes on Facebook, with 35 definitions of Harambe on urbandictionary.com. ‘Dictionaried’ aims to post a word a day for visitors to learn new urban vocabulary. It is different to a physical dictionary and online dictionary websites as the definitions of words can only be heard through an audio recording. Each word is spoken by a computer generated voice. This is also reflective of being online. It is a humorous approach as the serious computer voice contrasts the amusing slang words. The design of the website is simple and straight forward. The purpose of this is to appear as though it is an educational daily resource for new vocabulary.  

Flower — Shell — Tea Towel — Shoelaces — Plastic Bucket — Cactus — Candle — Jar of Lollies — Sushi — Paint Brush — Soil

Instead of using snapchat to document the words and their definitions, I am going to use a computer voice. I will type in the words and their definitions and record the computer. I think this is a very humorous approach as the serious computer voice will speak urban, slang words and phrases. It also acts like a normal online dictionary where you can click on the audio pictogram so that the computer can enunciate the word.

Since the American presidential candidates are currently being talked about a lot in social media, I decided to search ‘Donald Trump’ on Urbandictionary.com to see what comes up. It’s interesting to see how these phrases come to be and how they are incorporated into our everyday language. 

Since the American presidential candidates are currently being talked about a lot in social media, I decided to search ‘Donald Trump’ on Urbandictionary.com to see what comes up. It’s interesting to see how these phrases come to be and how they are incorporated into our everyday language. 

Since the American presidential candidates are currently being talked about a lot in social media, I decided to search ‘Donald Trump’ on Urbandictionary.com to see what comes up. It’s interesting to see how these phrases come to be and how they are incorporated into our everyday language. 

Website Mock Up The blue rectangles represent the Snapchat stories/videos of each of the words. The videos will be sorted alphabetically to act like a dictionary. Therefore the website can be viewed by ‘ALL’ or by the specific letter (Image 3). The ‘Page Title’ will always be in the top left corner. ‘ALL’ or the selected letter will always be in the top right corner. The navigation bar will always be docked at the bottom of the page for easy navigation. The page is also a continuous scroll as demonstrated by the first and second wireframes. 

Website Moodboard Drawing inspiration from these websites, the website will utilise negative space and primary colours to showcase the content with only the necessary functions.