Street 'Surance is health insurance sold to the poorest sectors of American society, often door-to-door. Such policies are often worthless, the payout ratio being notoriously low. Most such companies engaged in this activity operate outside normal perameters and many are straightforwardly illegal. The pejorative use of the word 'Surance' refers to how the word Insurance may be pronounced by low income families, at whom such policies are targeted.
One of the best dramatized examples of Street 'Surance in modern culture is in the Matt Damon/Danny De Vito film 'Rainmaker', based on the novel by John Grisham, in which a young man with terminal cancer dies because the his "insurance policy" will not pay out. Unsurprisingly, the "Insurance company" is merely a Ponzi scheme and has been looted by the proprietor. The film revolves around a court case brought by the posthumous claimant (and his parents).
by The Other Irishman December 19, 2011
Get the Street 'Surancemug. by Larry DonkBonkers October 19, 2020
Get the Street puddingmug. Kind of like a regular pigeon, but born & raised in the city. You can find a street pigeon posted up in a random alley or just walking down the main strip. A street pigeon is tougher than your average pigeon because he's seen some shit. It is not in your best interest to ever make eye contact with a street pigeon, as it will feel provoked.
You see that street pigeon over there eating a cigarette butt like he don't even care?! These street pigeons be out here just trying to get a crumb.
by Camo Lovehunt March 2, 2015
Get the Street Pigeonmug. A street beer is a beer that you take with you on a trip, obviously walking, to the store, pub, match, church, etc. This beer helps you get through all the mouth-breathing wankers that you may encounter on your trip. It also gives you that "running start" before you enter the pub or match. Also it may save you from that terrible dred you get while in church or the store. Upon arrival you dispose of the bevvy and access the institution. This maybe the answer to being infinitely cool. (Enter Shikari, 2009)
"Hey mate, you better toss that street beer before you go into the pub. Otherwise Daisy will kill ya."
by ELSEANO May 30, 2009
Get the Street Beermug. A street fight, but it's much more chaotic and there are more people fighting. In some cases Street Brawls may end in only one person standing.
The kingsman church scene looked like a street brawl, but why would a church be in the streets, am i right?
by DesiredExoticNeighbor July 21, 2018
Get the Street Brawlmug. The best song on Taylor Swift’s album ‘Lover’. It can be interpreted in many ways but to put it simply it’s for the girls who say they are done but continue to go back. The girls that know true heartbreak in a love that was once good.
by anonymous April 3, 2022
Get the Cornelia Streetmug. Keep It In Da Streets, Meaning NO PILLOW TALKIN BOUT DA BIZNESS, DA BIZNESS SHOULD NOT HIT THE INTERNET, NO SNITCHING, & Mainly Don’t Shoot Up No Houses Involving Innocent People, Cuz Dey R Not In The Streets You Taking It Out The Streets Doing Some Bitch Shit Like Dat. Keep It In The Streets!
by Keepitstreetmaster March 1, 2020
Get the Keep It Streetmug.