Now defining the suburbs

Every suburb has a language. Now it has a dictionary.

SubDefined is a community-built dictionary for the words, phrases, and unspoken rules of suburban life. From HOA drama to driveway beers.

Cul-de-sac Diplomacy
/kul-duh-sak dih-PLOH-muh-see/
noun
The delicate art of mediating neighborhood disputes while pretending you weren't the one who called the HOA.
"After the fence incident, she had to deploy some serious cul-de-sac diplomacy at the block party."
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Target Therapy
/TAR-git THER-uh-pee/
noun
Going to Target for toothpaste and leaving with $200 worth of home decor, throw pillows, and a sense of inner peace you can't explain.
"Bad day at work? Nothing a little Target therapy can't fix."
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Garage Sale Regret
/guh-RAHJ sayl rih-GRET/
noun
The sinking feeling when you sell something for $2 that you later see on eBay for $200. Occurs approximately 48 hours post-sale.
"She's still processing the garage sale regret from selling that vintage lamp last summer."
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Driveway Beer
/DRYV-way beer/
noun
The beer you drink while standing in your driveway, waving at neighbors who drive by, accomplishing absolutely nothing but feeling deeply content.
"Can't talk, I'm having a driveway beer. This is my whole evening."
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HOA Creep
/aych-oh-ay kreep/
noun
The neighbor who monitors everyone's lawn height, trash can placement, and holiday decoration timing with military precision.
"The HOA creep left another passive-aggressive note about my Christmas lights. It's January 3rd."
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Urban Dictionary got 90 million visitors. The suburbs got nothing.

52%
of Americans
live in suburbs
0
dictionaries made
for them

Urban Dictionary defined internet culture. But the suburbs have their own language, their own rituals, their own absurdities that everyone recognizes but nobody has cataloged.

SubDefined is where suburban America finally gets to define itself. The passive-aggressive notes. The lawn wars. The Costco runs that somehow take three hours. All of it, defined by the people who live it.

Built by the burbs, for the burbs

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130 million Americans. Countless unwritten rules. One dictionary to capture all of it. SubDefined is building the definitive record of suburban culture, one hilarious definition at a time.