Urban Dictionary

Today I officially taught for the first time.  No, I didn't maim any students or force them to run crying from the room.

One activity I had them do called for small groups to write very short stories on eating ice cream using a mood word to create that mood within the story.  One group had the word "mad".  So they write about a guy who got his ice cream knocked to the ground by a douche...

I kindly mentioned that the word "douche" used in that context is considered slang.  The young man responds, "it's in the dictionary!!!"  Well, I'm not entirely certain I'm allowed to mention what a douche actually is in real life, as according to the dictionary (nicely put - it's an orifice cleaner outer).  He says, "see!  you're saying it's in the dictionary too!"  Well no son, I'm saying its proper meaning is not the one he's using it as, so to see if he can come up with an alternate word that may mean the same thing...

I also mentioned, "and remember, urban dictionary is not the dictionary, i.e. if you look up that word on urban dictionary, that doesn't mean it is the proper meaning or usage of the word."

What was his response?

"You know what urban dictionary is?"

Well, hell, kid, just how old do you think I am?!