Functionally Poor

Adjective describing a person(s) who has just enough money to go out to bars, movies, etc. but never enough to go grocery shopping

Being functionally poor, Lazar never has groceries but everyone at the bars knows him!

by anonymous July 23, 2015

Poor Man's Porsche

The phrase refers to the engineering similarities between the low priced Chevrolet Corvair of the 1960s and the Porsche 356.

The phrase "Poor Man's Porsche" was actually coined in a May 1963 Car & Driver article while road testing a Chevroloet Corvair Monza Spyder. Chevrolet turned the staid, economy oriented, four door Corvair into a sport compact with the addition of bucket seats and a 4-speed transmission with manual floor shift. These features, combined with the Corvair's rear mounted, all aluminum, air cooled motor and 4-wheel independent suspension drew inevitable comparisons between the Corvair and the Porsche 356. But the top of the line turbocharged Corvair Monza Spyder costs just a shade over $2,700 while the cheapest Porsche 356 powered by a 1600 cc air cooled flat four ran over $4200, with high performance versions such as the 4-cam Carrera 2 costing well over six grand. This comparison became even more prominent when Porsche introduced their 911 model in 1964 (now both cars had an all aluminum, air cooled, flat six motor) but the price diferential was now even greater, hence "The Poor Man's Porsche" moniker proliferated.

by Autohistory October 8, 2009

Dirt Poor

1. Having no money
2. Ghetto
3. Having no class
4. Beverly High School

1. Man that guys is dirt poor!
2. Geez, Beverly High School is dirt poor!

by BevT December 25, 2004

Poor Timing

A problem often seen in MSN conversations, between more than 2 people.

Flaaron: Did anyone go outside today? The temperatures were quite... unseasonable.
Ricket: So, today a guy got caught watching another guy take a shower after P.E.
Phil: I KNOW! It was HOT!

by Johnny Rocketfingers December 30, 2003

poor life decision

Any choice made by an individual which results in shame, remorse, guilt, embarrassment, harassment, and other related feelings/consequences. These decisions tend to be hastily made and are usually pre-meditated, often with the understanding that negative feelings and ruined reputations are soon to follow. These poor life decisions (also often referred to as "PLD's") are elected for the sole purpose of self-gratification, attention, sexual pleasure, or to cure boredom. Often, these decisions involve sexual-based interactions with relative strangers and tend to result in morning-after stories of seemingly good ideas gone awry. Note: Alcoholic beverage consumption tends to increase the rate of PLD occurrences.

"Hey guys, I'm working on my 10th poor life decision for the month! I think I'm going to sleep with that a-hole who refuses to return my calls and makes me pay for cab rides over to his place everytime I offer a little late-night action."

"Last night I took home my ex's room-mate. Would you call that a poor life decision, or what?"

by tararae March 2, 2008

poorgeoisie

Poorgeoisie is referred to a group of people, usually in their 20's, who comes from a good strong middle class family, but claims to be poor and roughly on their own. willing to spend money on high end restaurants and other lifestyle luxuries but refuses take care of their personal hygiene. Most of them don't believe it's important to be so superficial so they usually don't wash their clothes, bathe, or brush their hair. So instead they spend their money on food, movies, concerts, and other lifestyle luxuries. Very similar to Hipsters but not as pretentious.

Casy: What are those girls doing at that restaurant? They look like they can't even afford it.

Julie: Oh, those girls are poorgeoisie. They only spend their money on lifestyle luxuries such as museums and food. They don't believe that you should pay attention to superficial things like clothes or hygiene.

Casy: ok, so "bourgeoisie" but more on a "i just got out of college and am poor" level, but they aren't really poor?

Julie: yeah, a less pretentious hipster.

by corben rouxmar July 16, 2009

Poor Man's Toe

From a mishearing of portmanteau , a "poor man's toe" is when someone mishears a word or phrase and tries to use it incorrectly in a later conversation.

Cyrus: "Guesstimate. It's a portmanteau."

Enrique: "Oh cool."

(later that night)

Enrique: "Guesstimate. It's a poor man's toe."

Alex: "Ha! You beaner."

by atforpres November 26, 2010