short for housing projects..
government-owned buildings meant for the poorer people in an area to live in.
sometimes rent goes by how much money you make, so if you have a really crap job, you can still afford to live there.
because of this, drug-dealers, gangsters, heathens and hoodrats make it in, and that's why there is a bad connotation to the word "projects"
government-owned buildings meant for the poorer people in an area to live in.
sometimes rent goes by how much money you make, so if you have a really crap job, you can still afford to live there.
because of this, drug-dealers, gangsters, heathens and hoodrats make it in, and that's why there is a bad connotation to the word "projects"
by Mitsu Mike November 5, 2006
A low income housing area. Usually involved with a large amount of crimes. Including drug dealers, gangsters, violence. Often on the local police's "radar" If you go in there and you don't "belong", you will be harmed.
The TV show "The Wire" depicts projects in season one.
The TV show "The Wire" depicts projects in season one.
by Big Black Jew August 25, 2010
Singular / Collective noun.
Pro. Pro-ject-ear
The name given to either a person or group of people of differing levels in a project environment.
Pro. Pro-ject-ear
The name given to either a person or group of people of differing levels in a project environment.
by Sharkietour February 8, 2010
A place where crime is in it's highest, drugs, whores, pimps and gangsters thrive. Hint: if you see two guys walking slowly or suspisiously its best to stay away from them otherwise they will ask you for a dollar and if you dont give them a dollar they would kill you or beat you up
Aww shit... i used to live in cyppress and let me tell you if you dressed "fly" bumz in the projetcs will eventually rob you, Last year some guy was by himself and was wearing jordans and some hoodrats from cyppress came up to him and asked him for his sneakers, he said no, so they beat him up and stabbed himand left him with no neakers... the best thing about the projects was watching these lowlives getting killed and leaving that shithole.
by kingsteven408 June 10, 2010
I read recently in a history book on my local town how the origin of this word came to be. After World War II, the returning soldiers (who left as boys & returned as young men) wanted to get married, have children (hence the baby boomers) and have a house of their own. However, up until this time the economy was tanked due to the great depression, and house construction pretty much was at a stand-still due to the massive amount of men who were away at war. When they returned, there was a HUGE demand for housing, and so housing authorities were formed to figure out ways to supply houses for them. So, initially, these houses were meant as low income houses for veterans. Eventually as the veterans moved away, we ended up with what today is low income housing. The word "Projects" actually came from the housing authorities, as the first set was referred to as "The Project"
The housing authority is working on building low income houses, and the first of these "projects" is set to be built next year.
by Tim W. October 19, 2006
A complicated, cumbersome, needlessly difficult small piece of work that is bloated by inefficiency, juicing and in general people trying to justify their jobs
Joe: Can you work on this project deploying widgits to the poor for me?
Frank: Why the fuck don't you just have them come get them instead of wasting time and money you fucking tool?
Frank: Why the fuck don't you just have them come get them instead of wasting time and money you fucking tool?
by Deiter007 March 4, 2010
by Mike May 11, 2003