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poverty crimes

Criminal infractions such as shoplifting your dinner, totaling parked cars on the way home from a bar, small-time liquor store and gas station holdups, destroying property in bar fights or stealing some kid’s piggy bank money.
As with most poverty crimes, I was hella high or seriously shitfaced during the pathetic act itself!
by Dr Bunnygirl August 29, 2020
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poverty ball

Nickname for soccer/football. This sport is most enjoyed in impoverished third-world countries since its most rudimentary equipment necessity is a ball. Shoes are optional. Even at a professional level the sport has the cheapest equipment costs. The next cheapest sport is probably basketball.
The FIFA World Cup is the largest gathering of poverty ball fans in the world every four years.
by Tiberius42 October 27, 2010
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poverty level

(ECONOMICS) an official definition of poverty, in which one third of one's income is spent on food. "Food," here, is defined as the most cost-effective way of meeting basic nutritional needs.

The definition has one advantage, which is that researchers can get comparable information about poverty for any country in the world. The disadvantage is that it's arbitrary (why one third? why food? why not shelter, health care, and heating?); the other is that the cost of living varies dramatically in different neighborhoods in different cities of different US states, yet the poverty level is the same (expressed in dollar amounts) everywhere in a given country.

A better measure is the self-sufficiency standard.
Living under the official poverty level can be a lot worse in affluent communities like San Francisco, where the cost of basic necessities is very high. On the other hand, it's also a lot worse in areas such as rural Mississippi, where public amenities (such as libraries equipped with computers for public use) are rare.
by Primus Intra Pares July 12, 2010
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Poverty Porn

A type of movie that claims to be Deep and Real when in reality it just a movie that exploits poverish people for cheap drama.
Larry Clark makes poverty porn.
by Weirdo Sheep January 14, 2018
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poverty with a view

Term used to describe life in Bend, Oregon or Central Oregon in general. Refers to numerous nearby mountain peaks, rivers, forests, clean air, and microbreweries, with the understanding that everyone will work for close to minimum wage ($7.50/hr) regardless of level of education due to a dysfunctional job market.
Honey, did you see the place for sale down the street? It's a run-down double-wide on a flat one acre lot. Includes monster truck. Wow, that's what I call "poverty with a view".
by MirrorPondGuzzler December 10, 2006
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poedgim

Yo cracka, you poundin dat sheep the other night was poedgim.

Hey that 400 pound woman up in da club last night wearing spandex was poedgim yo.
by Tigger Man March 10, 2004
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