i’m not sure what exactly is going on in “#uxbridge english dictionary” but it sure is happening
I assume it means1
uxbridge
(ux·bridge)
The user experience of playing a four-player trick-taking card game.
english
(engl·ish)
Reminiscent of the work of Friedrich Engels
dictionary
(dic·tion·a·ry)
The practice of avoiding penises
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(Google tells me this is the title of a book that's a joke dictionary, and also a twitter account.) I don't know if it's against the rules to use diacritics or IPA, but it's seems like folks mostly don't, and also I'm lazy, so I didn't.
So to actually explain the thing for any of you who haven't a clue1
The classic British radio comedy panel game I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue features a recurring segment called Uxbridge English Dictionary, in which panellists take turns proposing humourous new definitions for existing words. This became somewhat of a phenomenon, sparking multiple physical books over many years, and of course countless listeners take to social media to suggest their own definitions.
As a fan myself, I figured it'd be fun to introduce the format over here (since it seemed nobody else had done so yet), and apparently y'all quite like it.
As for the syllable indicators, IPA, etc, they're not part of the original radio format and are entirely superfluous. I just figured that following the visual trappings of a dictionary entry would help clue new readers into the format.
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I'm sorry.