A Cardboard-Box
a small apartment, house, or trailor that is in very poor condition. usually in poor neighborhoods and large cities.
A Cardboard-Box by jmv September 14, 2005
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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?"
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?"
step above a cardboard box by T.C. "The Chad" December 4, 2007
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."
wet cat in a cardboard box rizz. by wet cat April 26, 2025
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