by ar the ripper August 19, 2010
by BigKiss November 10, 2003
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.
2. In stasis, or semi-nomadic state, surviving on bare minimum or below normal standards of living.
by saharan February 8, 2007
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".
by AliceInHell October 7, 2005
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.
by lodilordlod April 5, 2010
Poor quality, poor performance, not necessarily referring to poverty. A sad, destitute state. Evidence of decline (in quality)
That was such a slum performance by the band today.
I haven't gone to school for three days, and haven't done a drop of homework, i'm really slumming man.
I haven't gone to school for three days, and haven't done a drop of homework, i'm really slumming man.
by Chaz February 15, 2005
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.
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.
by KingWumpus November 13, 2009