This is a term used in the SF Bay Area / Silicon Valley to convey that you’re probably making a solid living at $300+ k per year but are still considered “poor” (& lower-middle class) in this area.
My daughter works as a cardiologist at Stanford, but still calls herself “Palo Alto poor” because she can’t afford to buy a house in the area.
by NKJTW December 13, 2023
Get the Palo Alto poor mug.A step above someone who is white trash, but still poor, stupid and lacking class. This individual will spend money on designer clothes such as, a Ralph Lauren polo, but can only afford the minimum payment on their credit card.
We figured the people at the golf tournament would have class and money. Instead most of the individuals at the Waste Management Phoenix Open turned out to be polo poor.
by Wombatf18 February 8, 2017
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Get the Poor Man’s Yaris GR mug.Refers to when someone who has usually been "financially comfy" encounters an unexpected downturn in da ol' budget-department, and therefore is no longer able to "live da soft life" for da time being.
I suggested that my fairly-affluent neighbor consult my local "running on a shoestring" mechanic friend for lower-priced auto parts, but he somewhat-snortingly replied, "Well, yeah --- I could do that if I didn't mind dealing with a crook." Well, naturally, I felt kinda shocked and hurt, since the low-income junkyard-owner whom we were alluding to had always "used me good" --- he and his family were smilingly friendly, often gave my rides around town, and always let me use the office-phone in his repair-shop to make local calls in the days before my folks had a telephone of our own. But then just a few weeks later when I'd gone to make a phone call at the garage, I saw that this same somewhat-snooty neighbor had indeed stopped over there to see about a cobbled-together pickup truck that my friend was selling --- oooooohhhhh, did he ever look disgusted and humiliated to be even setting foot on this "lower-class" dude's property! I felt really glad that he apparently never observed me that time, so that he wouldn’t feel even MORE embarrassed that I knew that he had in fact eventually gone to try doing business with this guy, but at the same time I did feel a slight urge to gloatingly waltz out and sarcastically giggle to my neighbor, “So --- ya actually DID come to see this ‘crook’ after all, eh??? Kinda makes ya wanna think twice from now on about trash-talking other folks like that, eh? Ya never know when ya might ‘get poor’ and hafta go see them after all, eh??"
by QuacksO September 15, 2018
Get the get poor mug.A 2023 science fiction dark comedy movie starring Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Wilem Dafoe and Ramy Youssef and was directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. The plot centres around a woman named Bella Baxter (played by Stone) who is brought back to life by a scientist called Dr Godwin Baxter (Dafoe) Bella eventually decides leave Godwin Baxter with a lawyer named Duncan Wedderburn (Ruffalo) and learn more about life and explore the world. The film received fantastic reviews from critics with much of the praise going towards Emma Stone's performance. It won 4 academy awards including best actress for Emma Stone, best makeup, best costume design and best production design.
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Get the Poor Things mug.Someone who's extremely down on their luck, having a very rough time in life.
Said with empathy towards the recipient.
Said with empathy towards the recipient.
Man I was down at the shops earlier, I saw some poor cunt trip over and faceplant... looked pretty serious, blood and everything!
by ozbugga October 4, 2023
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