poverty line

the invisible line that separates Target from Walmart

as seen on SNL Weekend Update

"According to a new census report nearly 1 out of ever 2 Americans has fallen below the poverty line, which is the invisible line that separates Target from Walmart. That's what it is. You didn't know that, but that's what it is." - Seth Meyers

"Hey man, wanna hit up Target?"
"Nah man, I'm below the poverty line, I can't afford that shit."
"So you shop at Walmart?"
"Yep."

by thevoiceoftheupdate January 1, 2012

Povel

Name: Like shovel, but with a 'p'

Hey, meet my mate Povel. It's like shovel, but with a 'p'.

by QUICKRAM September 17, 2013

proverbial

descriptor for something about to be referred to as cliché, stale, or trite.

Bored, he decided to surf the proverbial 'net all night long and check his email instead of finishing his term paper.

by the professor tfn September 21, 2012

prevenge

Get them before they get you.

Why wait until after you get screwed over? Practice prevenge, you will feel better.

by Mary & Abbi October 12, 2004

Provert

An individual who spends most waking hours at the computer looking at all types of porn. He has seen it all, and probably released many little soldiers while viewing it.

Kraig is always on the internet looking at porn. He's seen it all, he's not a pervert...he's a provert!

by Grover Jackson September 14, 2009

poverty

Offical Poverty line for a family of 4 in the US is 18,000. this of course is based on governments idea of what ppl use money for.. Where at least 28,000 is needed to support a family of 4.

according to the government standards, about 36 Million americans are in Poverty. But the number is actually around 50 Million based on real standards

remember this quote:
"Focusing on the poor and ignoring the system of power, privilege, and profit that makes them poor, is a little like blaming the corpse for murder" - Michael Parenti

by Dong Woo November 10, 2004

Poverty Pimp

Poverty Pimp: A pejorative term used in the U.S. to label a person or group; typically an elected official, activist, religious leader, social services agency or faith-based organization, which has appointed itself as an intermediary for the poor and the disenfranchised, but which unethically benefits either financially or politically from their position as a representative of a "victimized group." Such a person isn't truly interested in helping the people that he/she claims to represent, but is instead more interested in their own career(s).

Examples: Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, Maxine Waters, Obamacare.

Welfare agencies are often poverty pimps because if more minorities emancipated themselves from the welfare state, those who facilitate the welfare would be out of a job.

by Jfume November 11, 2017