National Spelling Champs Throw Down in Urban Dictionary Bee

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National Spelling Champs Throw Down in Urban Dictionary Bee
Ansun Sujoe, 13, of Fort Worth, Texas, left, and Sriram Hathwar, 14, of Painted Post, N.Y., shake hands after being named co-champions of the National Spelling Bee, on Thursday, May 29, 2014, in Oxon Hill, Md. Credit: Evan Vucci

In an attempt to determine a final winner from last week's Scripps National Spelling Bee, Mashable challenged co-champions Sriram Hathwar and Ansun Sujoe to spell words that really matter: selections from the Urban Dictionary.

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Spelling words like "brofessional", "PHOBAR", and "textpectation," Hathwar and Sujoe established their fluency in Internet slang with ease. They even took a #spellfie with us:

A #spellfie with @AshleyCodianni and @anniecolbert of @mashable. Thanks for having us!! pic.twitter.com/lRINWiHsjl

— NationalSpellingBee (@ScrippsBee) June 2, 2014

 

Watch the video, above, to see who won.

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