When one eats less than satisfactory food due to poverty rather than to become skinny. Often consists of food like Top Ramen. College students are often victims of the poor man's diet.
Person A: Dude, there's nothing but microwave dinners in your freezer.
Person B: Yeah, I had to go on the poor man's diet after I bought my new couch.
Person B: Yeah, I had to go on the poor man's diet after I bought my new couch.
by Emilee J. December 22, 2008
The phrase refers to the engineering similarities between the low priced Chevrolet Corvair of the 1960s and the Porsche 356.
The phrase "Poor Man's Porsche" was actually coined in a May 1963 Car & Driver article while road testing a Chevroloet Corvair Monza Spyder. Chevrolet turned the staid, economy oriented, four door Corvair into a sport compact with the addition of bucket seats and a 4-speed transmission with manual floor shift. These features, combined with the Corvair's rear mounted, all aluminum, air cooled motor and 4-wheel independent suspension drew inevitable comparisons between the Corvair and the Porsche 356. But the top of the line turbocharged Corvair Monza Spyder costs just a shade over $2,700 while the cheapest Porsche 356 powered by a 1600 cc air cooled flat four ran over $4200, with high performance versions such as the 4-cam Carrera 2 costing well over six grand. This comparison became even more prominent when Porsche introduced their 911 model in 1964 (now both cars had an all aluminum, air cooled, flat six motor) but the price diferential was now even greater, hence "The Poor Man's Porsche" moniker proliferated.
by Autohistory October 7, 2009
From a mishearing of portmanteau , a "poor man's toe" is when someone mishears a word or phrase and tries to use it incorrectly in a later conversation.
Cyrus: "Guesstimate. It's a portmanteau."
Enrique: "Oh cool."
(later that night)
Enrique: "Guesstimate. It's a poor man's toe."
Alex: "Ha! You beaner."
Enrique: "Oh cool."
(later that night)
Enrique: "Guesstimate. It's a poor man's toe."
Alex: "Ha! You beaner."
by atforpres November 23, 2010
by kopman9 July 19, 2009
"shit nigga I only got a dollar and 5 cents how tf can I dead ass get you fucking coke"
"Poor Man's Coke nigga deadass get me the root beer faygo"
"Poor Man's Coke nigga deadass get me the root beer faygo"
by niggadeadassdawg August 25, 2017
Powdered Caffiene; either from crushed caffeine supplements or ordered from a pharmecuetical company. It is only called this when insufflated (snorted)
"You wanna do a couple rails of poor mans blow before class?"
"I just got a half ounce of poor mans blow from Drug Chem Labs."
"I just got a half ounce of poor mans blow from Drug Chem Labs."
by Johnny R. June 26, 2007
by marblecakealsothegame13 November 2, 2018