slumming it 

When rich kids go and live in poverty for the experience , to prove they are artists, musicians , for entertainment , feel like they are connected to real life , but usually get money from mom, dad, uncle, to exist. And they can leave it anytime they want and go back to the upper middle class and upper class milieu live off of wealthy parents, relatives, friends . As usual they usually go and work in finance and banking and screw the common people . A song by Pulp called Common People is an example in the lyrics .

How's that old ex rich girlfriend of yours doing ?
2: Well she went slumming it in downtown Detroit . She would run around without any shoes and clothes and give services to johns . She then had her daddy bail her out a few months later . Now she's working as a financier, in derivatives , offshoring, writing loans to people who can't afford the mortgage and the like

slumming it by ymouszanon September 16, 2018

slumming it 

1. To live poorly, or in below-average quality. Lifestyle that is below widely accepted standards, in terms of health, nutrition and hygeine, safety, and intelligence. Often linked with impoverished lifestyle or frugal living.

2. In stasis, or semi-nomadic state, surviving on bare minimum or below normal standards of living.

Some of the Boston MA WBCN radio guest DJs are known for slumming it in Roxbury.

slumming it by saharan February 10, 2007

slumming it 

In the movie industry, when a mid- to high-profile actor, actress, or (less frequently) director accepts a project considered far enough beneath them to raise questions about their integrity, they are considered to be slumming it.

There are a couple ways this can pop up. A highly regarded actor that usually appears in dramatic, "serious" works can appear in "low brow" entertainment (e.g. Dame Judi Dench in The Chronicles of Riddick, Marlon Brando in Superman), someone famous taking a role considered damaging to their public image (e.g. Patrick Stuart in Masterminds), or otherwise a highly talented individual accepting a role on a project that they should have recognized was doomed from the start (e.g. Laurence Olivier in Inchon). Money and/or contractual obligation are usually the reasons, but many seem to genuinely want the role.

Typically, an actor or actress that is slumming it will look hilariously out of place in the film. Whether it's because they're horribly miscast or because they turn out to be the only competent element of the work varies from case to case.

Abe Vigoda was really slumming it in Good Burger.

slumming it by KingWumpus November 13, 2009

Slumming it 

To sleep with girls that are below your sexual attraction level because the prettier one's are being too difficult or won't give it up.

Mark: Have you seen the girl Josh just got with he must be down bad!

Alex: Yeah Josh has really been slumming it lately

Slumming it by CrabbyPatty39 January 5, 2024

Occupational Slumming 

Taking a job that is beneath a person's education or skill level as a means of retreat from adult responsibilities and/or avoiding possible failure in one's true occupation.

Although he was trained to be an architect, Hank took a job at Burger King instead because he didn't believe he'd be able to design a building that anyone would be interested in financing. His parents were disappointed by Hank's obvious occupational slumming.

Occupational Slumming by Johnny Z. Styles May 28, 2010

Crumb Slumming 

the process of searching around in the last bits of a chip bag.

Yo pass me some of them Doritos
Alright, but you'll have to go crumb slumming in it

Crumb Slumming by Tisigornorich July 2, 2010

crumb slumming 

The act of digging for, scooping out open palm, or smoothing a bag of chips and pouring it into your mouth in the attempt to devour the chip crumbs/flavor dust while friends/family/coworkers/strangers look on with disapproving eyes at the sight of something they would totally do if no one was watching.

Yo Gary, look at Kate crumb slumming it with that bag of doritos. Apparently the only thing on a diet is her dignity.

crumb slumming by cmod18 July 28, 2011