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poor-mouth

The act of playing up the your level of poverty verbally to excuse yourself or make yourself look worse off than you are. A person who does this is known as a poor-mouth or the act itself is called poor-mouths or poor-mouthing.
He poor-mouths that he couldn't pay the bill, when he just bought a brand new lexus.
by WLN May 29, 2008
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Poor guy

1. Someone or some guy you feel sympathetic for.

2. Someone you feel sorry for.
by Journeyagain December 10, 2021
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poor waif in his underwear

A person who blows their cover as a Russian propagandist
Seymour Hersh is a poor waif in his underwear
by nafo123 July 29, 2023
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poor man's lettuce

"I always put poor man's lettuce on my sandwiches because potato chips stay crisp a helluva lot longer than stupid lettuce."

"Yeah, exactly. Why buy lettuce that lasts only like 3 days when chips will last weeks?"
by hodags1966 October 19, 2017
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poor bastard

a guy who's in such a shitty situation that you feel sorry for him, even if you hate his fucking guts.
Man#1: Saw you ex-wife down at the mall today.

Man#2: Really?

Man#1: Yeah, she was bitching out her new boyfriend.

Man#2: Better him than me. Poor bastard.
by Bulldog6 October 11, 2009
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Poor White Trash

Longterm resident of subsidized housing having welfare babies one after another while lowlife boyfriend or loser husband stays home and refuses to look for work and support family. One or both are running a long term disability or welfare fraud. Always in possession of a tricked out cell phone to call her single mom, poor white trash friends who also have at least one welfare baby of their own. Can be seen driving a Jeep Cherokee while on the way to a local Bob's store to buy athletic jerseys for loser husband.
by cirkle k August 6, 2011
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Poor Crater

Irish expression.

Denotes a person who has recently been the recipent of misfortune.
Ah sure wasn't poor auld Fergal dumped by his girlfriend yesterday - ah the poor Crater!
by poorcrater April 29, 2011
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