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Poor Man's Dynamometer

A phrase describing the act of placing only the drive wheels of a vehicle on a frozen body of water (lake, pond, etc) and depressing the accelerator to determine the vehicle's maximum possible speed.
I wanted to max out my car, so i took it to the Poor Man's Dynamometer.

The lake down town is turning into a perfect Poor Man's Dynamometer.
by Longfingers December 21, 2010
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Poordom

A combination of the words Poor and Boredom. Its when your so poor that you cannot afford entertainment and thus are affected by severe boredom.
Ill be sitting at home enjoying poordom. (a sarcastic sentence)

I am suffering from extreme poordom.
by Solus501 December 31, 2010
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Poorcillin

Adjective: ~por-sil-lin ~: Anything that is both absolutely unacceptable and completely ridiculous, simultaneously.

A homophone of porcelain, 'Poorcillin' is a compound of the words poor (as in weak/not good enough/below par) and cillin (as in silly/ludicrous/unbelievable) and should only be used with great care, as to find anything that can truly be described as such is a rare moment in time.

Extensions: Poorcill, Poorcillinous, Poorcillinical, Poorcillinity, Poorcillinology, Poorcillinophobia.
Me: "Pdex just snoozled a line of wonk as long and as wide as my middle finger... POORCILLIN mate, he'll be drooling for hours!"

Rich: "hmmmm... yeah.. that's POORCILLIN."
by Renzo Marvin January 12, 2011
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Poor Man's Holiday

The extra Friday in a month where you get paid 3 times. This only works for someone who is paid bi-weekly.
Finally!!! I'm glad today is a poor man's holiday, i've got bills to pay.
by Mr.JrKKK May 19, 2011
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Poor Edge

being too poor to drink or do drugs.

i.e - Dry as a kite.
Man, marcus got fired last month and now he's poor edge. That negro used to smoke us down mad blunts, today however, he sits idle, pensive, pondering paucity, pessimistic, and penurious.
by ThePoopsmith July 11, 2012
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Poor Day Thursday

The Thursday the occurs before your Friday pay day. This can work on any day that is before your pay day, if you do not get paid on the traditional Friday.
I have nothing for lunch and I cannot order anything as it is Poor Day Thursday. Catch me tomorrow, I get paid then we will get some Jimmy John's.
by Rainbow_Cheese July 21, 2012
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Poor Pirate

A girl who has a lot of booty but no chest.
Those Brazilian porn star girls are some serious poor pirates!
by Socr8s August 26, 2012
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