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To hang out with someone of much different socialeconomic status usually for the reason of wanting to look cool or to feel more connected with another culture very different from one's upbringing.
Usually there's a reason for such actions -- a bullet on a resume or being seen helping out one's fellow man.
Usually there's a reason for such actions -- a bullet on a resume or being seen helping out one's fellow man.
Is that Generation X'er feeling the spirit of volunteering or just slumming with those guys he smokes with on the steps of the Soup Kitchen.
Why's Greg slumming with that fat unemployed single Latino mom? He's got a degree and a good job. Well, he's not over his divorce and he just wants to enjoy something light, fun and very sexual. He says he can talk her into anything. He'll get over her and move back up to someone more his level soon enough.
Why's Greg slumming with that fat unemployed single Latino mom? He's got a degree and a good job. Well, he's not over his divorce and he just wants to enjoy something light, fun and very sexual. He says he can talk her into anything. He'll get over her and move back up to someone more his level soon enough.
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Young-ish, wealthy parasites feeding off the lifestyles of the urban working classes in order to appear cool or hard. These hypocrites typically hang with their new poorer friends for a while, find out the daily grind isn't exactly what they had envisioned, get bored or scared or tired of having to actually work for once, and then return to their trust funds.
For the quintessential example of slumming, listen to Pulp's album A Different Class, and their song "Common People".
slumming by AliceInHell July 20, 2008
slumming
The process of hanging around poor people to either -
A. Make fun of them.
OR
B. Make yourself feel better about your own life or give pity/gain experience slummin it to see what life is like out there for the unfortunates.
A. Make fun of them.
OR
B. Make yourself feel better about your own life or give pity/gain experience slummin it to see what life is like out there for the unfortunates.
Carl went slumming yesterday at the village. When he arrived he went into their tiny smelly apartment and spit on the floor and ripped up a couple of their rags. Also made fun of the poor kids running around in their underwear.
Bob went over the projects to rough it out and see what it was like to live a day in the life of someone who lives worse than ethiopians.
Bob went over the projects to rough it out and see what it was like to live a day in the life of someone who lives worse than ethiopians.
slumming by lodilordlod April 13, 2010
slumming
n. The act of touring through the poor side of town to gawk and make fun of the inhabitants there, usually with a group of one's friends. Notably an activity of insecure rich white kids.
Matt: Hey Jimmie, you wanna cut out after school in my dad's Hummer and do some slumming?
Jim: Hell yeah! I love knowing that there's plenty of trash out there to keep the burgers flippin'.
Jim: Hell yeah! I love knowing that there's plenty of trash out there to keep the burgers flippin'.
slumming by Carl Willis July 22, 2004