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Reads a random Urban Dictionary Definition (Must be run from a Mac OS X Terminal)
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curl -L www.urbandictionary.com/random.php | awk '$0 ~ /(<title>)|(\<div class\=\"definition\"\>)/{print}' | sed -e 's#<[^>]*>##g' | sed 's/Urban Dictionary\:\(.*\)/\1\, Definition:/' | say
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dwnoble commented Jan 19, 2013

Update: get rid of annoying "&quot;" dictations

curl -L www.urbandictionary.com/random.php | awk '$0 ~ /(<title>)|(\<div class\=\"definition\"\>)/{print}' | sed  -e 's#<[^>]*>##g' | sed 's/Urban Dictionary\:\(.*\)/\1\, Definition:/' | sed 's/&//g' | sed 's/quot\;/ /g' | say

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