This is a term used in the SF Bay Area / Silicon Valley to convey that you’re probably making a solid living at $300+ k per year but are still considered “poor” (& lower-middle class) in this area.
My daughter works as a cardiologist at Stanford, but still calls herself “Palo Alto poor” because she can’t afford to buy a house in the area.
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synonyms: working class, lower middle class
Basically: You're poor according to the middle class, upper-middle class and the rich, but you're too rich for "true poverty"
Often gatekept out of being "disadvantaged" or being "just above the poverty line", but didn't grow up with the luxuries of the middle class or the upper class
synonyms: working class, lower middle class
Basically: You're poor according to the middle class, upper-middle class and the rich, but you're too rich for "true poverty"
Often gatekept out of being "disadvantaged" or being "just above the poverty line", but didn't grow up with the luxuries of the middle class or the upper class
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Nickname to new born baby that is born with pointy hair similar to a troll doll and has excessive flatulence
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Comes from the Tumblr post where someone says “the reading comprehension on this site is piss poor” “HOW DARE YOU SAY WE PISS ON THE POOR!” /j
Comes from the Tumblr post where someone says “the reading comprehension on this site is piss poor” “HOW DARE YOU SAY WE PISS ON THE POOR!” /j
An example
Person 1: “My friend was talking about this show that has depictions of incest and how it was pretty good”
Person 2: “INCEST IS SO BAD BRO YOUR FRIEND LIKES THAT SHIT??”
Person 1: “piss on the poor right there what the fuck?”
Person 1: “My friend was talking about this show that has depictions of incest and how it was pretty good”
Person 2: “INCEST IS SO BAD BRO YOUR FRIEND LIKES THAT SHIT??”
Person 1: “piss on the poor right there what the fuck?”
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