tax desert

A definite area within a larger city/municipality in which the tax revenue generated is considerably less than the areas around it.
Tax deserts often have a relatively large number of abandoned buildings, the Body Mass Index of the average citizen is markedly higher than average.

A tax desert often occupies the same space as a food desert- (re: Mari Callagher)

The South Loop of Chicago used to be a "tax desert" but was renovated and now serves as a major tourist destination in the city.

by 312Aquaponics June 7, 2011

Desert 10

A girl who is normally considered ugly, but is now considered hot because of the fact that you’re in an environment where few women are present (such as the desert or boot camp). The 10 part refers to the hotness scale (10 being the hottest, 1 being the ugliest).

All of the girls that are normally 1’s and 2’s become 9’s and 10’s in the desert.

Better soak it up while you can desert 10, because once we get to the states, you’re back to 2 status.

by SiL3Nt J September 9, 2023

ecological food desert

whereas just "food desert" is currently considered (more from public health perspective) as places where the local populations do not have (convenient) access to affordable, healthy food, this more wholistic concept is a less human-centric understanding that implies both, a low, non-proportionate amount of food grown, and dependency on (usually both environmentally unsustainable and imbalanced fossil fuel energies and farm land stewardship) less-/unnatural imports of food from "non-renewable" or less lively (e.g. degraded/depleted top soils and watersheds) source farms

After being affected by the spirit of "deep ecology", I had a fresher awareness of the ironic, or at least unnatural, situation of how the grocery stores, markets, restaurants, etc. made it appear like there's an abundance of food, but our less- or unhealthy human-built environment that had me dependent on unsustainable, imbalanced energies (like fossil fuels and their corresponding implements) actually was an ecological food desert.

by kikibo22 July 12, 2019

Stuck in the desert

When you really like the desert duo, aka Grian and Scar from 3rd life amp or Double life smp. From the life series.

"I escaped the poppy and lilac field, but now I am stuck in the desert

by Froggy.io November 2, 2025

desert hamburger

A really dry piece of meat.

"Omg she had the worst desert hamburger."

by SenorYumYum November 23, 2017

Deserter

Someone who abandons others, or something that needs to get done.

You are right about me, I'm a little punk deserter faggot. You know what you're talking about, so what makes you spend so much time in your shell if you are right so much of the time?

by Solid Mantis April 21, 2021

Desert Rose

A desert rose is a symbol of beauty, hope and resilience surviving in harsh conditions. It can be used to describe a woman who has endured a hard life but still remained a good and loving person.

Did you know her husband was abusing her all these years? Finally she's free of him, that lady is a real desert rose.

by Knightsteele June 12, 2023