a small town, Pelican Bay, Texas with low rent, inside a city with high rent, also known for drug manufacturing houses that exploded in the '80s, as well as a man who was killed by his wife, chopped into pieces and buried in their yard and a woman killed by her own tenant when police failed to respond in a timely manner
my friend is going to move into his own place in Poverty Bay. I hear he is going to get a 3 bedroom for $650 a month!
by another pelican in the bay February 12, 2018

by Jack Anjil May 15, 2018

An academic institution whose athletics and educational entities are extremely below average. This institution does not have the monetary capability or resources available to surpass even the average threshold at a normal institution. These schools entertain low athletic and academic production, low fan count, low morale, and will usually sell the naming rights of their facilities to a 3rd party such as a grocery store.
by Megaboot June 8, 2022

Which one of you disgusting cretin poverty pushing d-bags assigned my password 808 for this position?
Why are these poverty pushers destroying careers.
Why are these poverty pushers destroying careers.
by get.ur.boogie.on January 31, 2022

Social media content that is filmed in fringe areas with severe structural violence, allowing the viewer to vicariously experience places like the hoods of Detroit or homeless camps of LA.
(Coined by The Elephant Graveyard in reference to Joe Rogan's X/Twitter algorithim distorting his perspective of society.
(Coined by The Elephant Graveyard in reference to Joe Rogan's X/Twitter algorithim distorting his perspective of society.
As a suburban kid from Burberry, Connecticut—watching poverty safari content of crackheads fighting in the NYC subways helps me expand my cultural understanding of my country.
by pelican soup April 28, 2025

People more commonly use the term ghettos. The term is incorrect when describing Blacks in America. Blacks live in concentrated areas of poverty. Not ghettos that is a term that was used to describe where Jewish people lived.
by Lady that is real July 27, 2022

Two friends that haven't seen each other in a long time. One just got back from Peace Core.
"Ya, the people in the village have it rough, being in abject poverty, but they kept such a mellow and kind attitude while I was there."
"I can definitely relate, I was in poverty growing up. Dad unemployed by 2008 recession and all."
"Man, you were no where close to a starving African child back then, with your relative poverty. Absolute poverty is not the same. What?--someone dies every ten minutes from a car crash--when 130 die--of only children (age <5) in the same time."
"Holy shit. Why didn't I think about joining?"
"Mehh, it doesn't matter now. What's done, is gone. You could do other stuff to help lessen extreme poverty though."
"Ya, the people in the village have it rough, being in abject poverty, but they kept such a mellow and kind attitude while I was there."
"I can definitely relate, I was in poverty growing up. Dad unemployed by 2008 recession and all."
"Man, you were no where close to a starving African child back then, with your relative poverty. Absolute poverty is not the same. What?--someone dies every ten minutes from a car crash--when 130 die--of only children (age <5) in the same time."
"Holy shit. Why didn't I think about joining?"
"Mehh, it doesn't matter now. What's done, is gone. You could do other stuff to help lessen extreme poverty though."
by aerodidact October 18, 2014
