Urban Culture Vocabulary

noun an event or occurrence

adjective currently taking place or in progress

• The happening event was attended by prominent figures from various industries.
• Hey, do you know what's happening this weekend?
• I heard there's a lit happening at the club tonight.
• There's a lot happening behind the scenes that we're not aware of.

adjective describing something as normal or average

• The company offers a regular degular health insurance plan for all employees.
• I'm just a regular degular person trying to make ends meet.
• She's always keeping it real, just regular degular.
• His cooking may seem regular degular, but it's actually quite delicious.

noun a slang term for stomach or belly

• The doctor explained that the pain in her stomach was due to a stummy infection.
• I ate too much pizza and now my stummy hurts.
• I need to lay off the junk food, my stummy is killing me.
• Her stummy was in knots as she waited for the test results.

adjective relating to or characteristic of a person who is knowledgeable about and interested in both urban culture and technology

• The metrotextual analysis of the novel revealed intricate layers of meaning and symbolism.
• She's such a metrotextual reader, always diving deep into the subtext of every book she reads.
• I can't keep up with all the metrotextual references in that TV show, it's too much for me.
• His metrotextual approach to life means he always looks beyond the surface to find deeper meaning in everything.

noun a made-up word that combines 'giraffe' and 'graffiti' to refer to art or drawings of giraffes in a graffiti style

• The zookeepers were disappointed to find giraffiti on the walls of the giraffe enclosure.
• I can't believe someone spray painted giraffiti on the side of the building!
• Let's go check out that cool giraffiti mural downtown.
• Her colorful personality could be compared to a piece of giraffiti art, standing out in a crowd.