For the first five years, the site generated revenue without making a profit for Peckham, but did not incur any costs, so Peckham's role was mostly passive. In 2003,[7] Peckham paid more attention to the site after a news article revealed that United Kingdom (UK) high court judges had used Urban Dictionary to assist them in a case involving two rappers (the judges unsuccessfully attempted to comprehend slang language that the rappers used).[5][8][9]