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slum

Definition

  • noun: an area of a city where poor people live and the buildings are in bad condition
  • noun: a densely populated usually urban area marked by crowding, dirty run-down housing, poverty, and social disorganization
  • verb: to spend time in places or conditions that are much worse than your usual places or conditions
  • verb: to visit 'slums' especially out of curiosity
  • sometimes used with 'it'

Examples

  • He sometimes likes to 'go slumming' in bars around the city.

  • She's never been one to 'slum' around (in cheap hotels).

  • He had no problem 'slumming (it)' in cheap hotels.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) She got stopped by security at Saks trying to pull a Winona. God. Come on. -This is going to be fun. -Move. Look who just flew in from the slums of Beverly Hills. lt's The Beverly Ho-billies. -Squeeze me? -No, you didn't. l'm sorry, but we just saw your new video. (..)
    2004 White Chicks