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An Alexa skill that queries Urban Dictionary to give the definitions of terms

A link to the published skill on the Amazon store is here: https://www.amazon.com/Karl-I-Modern-Dictionary/dp/B074J3J9VJ

How it Works:

The user first queries the skill asking for a random defintion. The skill then uses the Urban Dictionary API and makes a call to a random definition which returns the word and its definition. Then it gets formateed and returned to the device to be spoken aloud to the user.

Note: The Alexa certification does not allow explicit words, so a modified version of the skill has been made which censors out explicit words before returning them.

Planned added features:

  • Asking the user if they would like to save the word which would show a card in the Alexa app with the word and definition listed plus a link to it on Urban Dictionary.
  • Allowing the users to ask for the definition to specific words instead of only giving a random one.

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