Urban Dictionary Terms

Nunja:
A nun that, in a secret personal life, kicks ass by using anything from throwing stars to nunchucks

Example:

From a news story in "The Sun" Sister is a Nunja Warrior

    "PRAY take care around Sister Rhonda Rice ? she is the first nun in Britain to win a black belt at KARATE.  Nunja warrior Rhonda, 44, only took up the tough martial art 3½ years ago.  Now fellow nuns are used to seeing her practise her fighting moves in her long habit at All Hallows Convent, Ditchingham, near Bungay, Suffolk.  But Rhonda was embarrassed to admit she was a nun when she first joined the Ditchingham Satori Shotokan Karate Club.  She said: “I kept it quiet. I turned up in the habit and quickly changed. I wasn’t sure if the class would like it if they knew I was a nun."

I chose this term because it made me laugh.  First of all, it gave me the image of a ninja-nun.  Second of all, ninja and nun are combined to one word, "nunja".  It is such a random term that I had to pick it.

Daddy's Plastic:
Credit card of one's father

Example:

From an article on "Slate" The Black Laguna Beach

    "The linchpin of the series is Staci, who lives not in the Hills but somewhere much closer to Crenshaw Boulevard. While the girls who live up the hill think nothing of charging $500 to Daddy's plastic for a single party outfit, Staci has to borrow a Jackson from her mom, and then spend $41.10. At the register, she asks if they're hiring."

I chose this term because it is one I have actually heard of.   Who hasn't heard about those rich girls who can get whatever they want simply by pulling out "daddy's plastic"?  I find it amusing because on the show "Laguna Beach", it seems like all of the girls are this way.  I have never watched the show (or have been interested in watching it), but from hearing about it and seeing commercials for it, I can come to this conclusion.


Short Bus:

A bus that people who can't spell derogatory take.

Example:

From Jonathan Mooney's website

    When his teachers decided Jonathan Mooney needed special ed because he couldn’t follow directions, sit still, or read well, he feared he’d lost his chance to be a regular kid. Suddenly he was “not normal.” Suddenly he was a short-bus rider destined to travel a harder road, a distinction that screamed out his “difference” to a hostile world. Along with other kids facing similar challenges, he was denigrated daily. He almost lost hope. Yet ultimately, Jon shocked the skeptics, graduating from Brown University (with honors). But he could never shake the voice that insisted he would always be “less than.”

The use of this word makes me feel bad because it jumps on the bandwagon with "speds" when it comes to words describing learning disabled kids.  However, I chose this word because short buses are a funny concept.  Half of a bus?