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step above a cardboard box

(n.) 1. A domicile that is undersized, uncared for, and in a general state of disrepair unbecoming for human habitation (i.e. a drug den or a cheap slob's apartment). 2. An abandoned or condemned building.
1)
Man 1: "Did you hear Tony's out of the pokey and he's already back on the sauce?"

Man 2: "Yeah the bastard called me, but when I went to walk in and smelled the stench, I wasn't about to hang out at that step above a cardboard box."

2)
Bum 1: "I'm finally off these filthy streets."

Bum 2: (sarcastically) "Listen to Richie Rich over here. 'I'm so special. I'm living in a step above a cardboard box.' Oooh. Well I guess you're better than me now, aren't ya?"
by T.C. "The Chad" December 4, 2007
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A Cardboard-Box

The WEST SIDE commonly refers to as a dancing spot.
by xXxTaZiAxXx September 20, 2005
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A Cardboard-Box

a southern poor person's home that lives up in them there mountains.
Jess lives in a cardboard box with her dog and her deer named buckie.
by poohie November 12, 2003
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building a cardboard fort

Person: Want to go build a cardboard fort? (winks)
Other Person: Hell yeah!

Person: What were you up to last night?
Other Person: Oh you know, just building a cardboard fort. (winks)
by Shuggy Doo September 4, 2012
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a cardi b moment

When you are in a major come-up position like passing that old trashy place you used to work at but now you own a business.
I had a cardi b moment when I passed the old Hooters I worked at on my way to my business meeting. #IDontGottaDance
by Acardibmoment August 22, 2018
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wet cat in a cardboard box rizz.

"Wet cat in a cardboard box rizz" can be used to describe someone so pathetic and or innocent, that you feel the need to date them, out of pity, or sympathy. Like how if you see a cat abandoned in a box on the side of a rainy street, you feel compelled to pick them up, and take care of them.
"I met this girl the other day, she was so lonely, and stumbled over her words a lot, but I gave her my number, because she had wet cat in a cardboard box rizz."
by wet cat April 26, 2025
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A molfai cardanul

Bosti ti-a molfait cardanul cu pofta (a molfai cardanul).
by Kekutz December 6, 2021
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