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Define Articulate Meaning

Articulate
(a) a term largely used by white beer sluts.
lucid, expressive, "well hung"

"yesterday i was eating a late dinner with a group of people and one guy's girlfriend started telling a story about her friend's boyfriend. she referred to him as "this really articulate black guy" when she first introduced him in the story, and she called him articulate four more times before she was done. it was embarrassing enough on its own, but there were two black guys at the table."
By Claudine
Articulate
A big word that fills space in a sentence when one doesn't really know what he or she is talking about, i.e. an excuse for sounding dumb when trying to sound smart. Heard most often in art schools or cinema study classes.

I think Herzog's last film was... well the direction was... I don't know if I can articulate this well...

I may not articulate this well, but the piece says so much by saying so little.
By Noemi
Articulate
Able to convert one's thoughts and emotions into words. Those who are articulate can use large, 'higher-level' words in their sentences without making a conscious effort to do so.

Just because somebody types without proper grammar doesn't make them inarticulate; after all, why does it matter whether or not you waste your time trying to add proper punctuation.
By Consuela
Articulate
(N.) What about two-thirds of the people on this website are not. Most of them (High-Schoolers) still read at a 3rd Grade level.

"hay! dat's not tru! yo, youse betta be shuttin' up bout dat n all cuz i'm a reel nigga! i cut u ass, nigga. i stab you thru tha inrtenet btch. u betta wsie up, foo. im da trtuh, nigga."
-*Wonderboy Marvel* (It ain't over bitch.)
By Alethea
Articulate
(adj) Well-spoken, possessing a talent for lucid and effortless speech.

A secret racial slur against blacks. When a black person delivers an impressive speech, interview, or story and is complimented as articulate, their temper will boil on sight. The tenuous implication being, you were surprised they could even speak.

"...and those are the biggest ways Aristotle differed from Plato's teaching."

"I have to agree, that was quite an articulate discourse"

"WHAT YOU TALKIN BOUT KRACKA??"
By Lyndsey
Articulation
The way in which someone speaks. If they have bad articulation, it is generally thought that this person is an imbecile. If they articulate themselves well, you may continue to converse with them.

Bad articulation: "Like, I love the way that the colours in the sky are like totally pretty. I wonder if that's because of the atmosphere or some shit."

Good articulation: "The colours in the sky are fantastic, and very beautiful. Maybe it's because of the atmosphere that they are this way."
By Helen
Articulation
When talking about urban vinyl (designer toys), articulations are joints (movable arms, legs, head, ...).

Baby Balls is my favorite toy of the line. This guy has a style that I can relate to. He has three points of articulation and comes with a bottle of cheap beer that is always full.
By Celestina
Articulated Truck
4 in the front, 16 in the back. Fingers and toes, and knees if you get that far.

"Where's Rebecca?"

"She's in the hospital, I gave her an articulated truck last night"
By Bab
Premature Articulation
Premature Articulation is the act of speaking/bragging too soon before all the facts are in, the game is over, etc.

Dude, I totally jinxed the Cardinals by blathering all over Facebook about how they were kicking ass, then they lost the game. For the first time since high school, I experienced premature articulation!
By Nonnah
Positive Articulation
Selecting words to express an idea in a positive way conscious that doing so will engender positive consequences.

The chairman of the board asked the speech writer to write the announcement using positive articulation instead of the negative articulation she,—for unexplained reasons—had used. The managers were surprised to see that she worded the announcement as she did, wondered if he was a saboteur, got her fired on-the-spot, and had a different writer write the speech.
By Jewel