Dog town

n. 1. An low-rent neighborhood of Venice Beach, California where modern skateboarding was, literally, invented.
2. a suburban neighborhood characterized by gang activity

c.f. Venice Beach, gang, gangland, barrio

by wayfarer May 05, 2005

Wrong side of the tracks

n. the poor, seedy, low-rent part of a town or city, especially characterized by crime, drugs, minority/immigrant populations, and poverty.

c.f. dog town, projects, ghetto, hood rat, reservoir dog

by wayfarer May 05, 2005

guagua

n. Nuyorican slang for a city bus, public transit

c.f. Nuyorican, Shame train,

by wayfarer April 28, 2005

Pro Po

n. Providence, RI police, from the more common po po.

c.f. Mo po, Po po

by wayfarer April 27, 2005