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house poor

being relatively broke after purchasing a house or property due to the mortgage payments or other related expenses. although your total value and worth in assets is increasing by the mere fact that you are owning a property, your monthly liquid assets are fairly tight.
The mortgage will be twice that of my current rent, I'm going to be so house poor after the closing.
house poor by meppy May 17, 2005
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poor house 

A poorhouse or workhouse is a publicly maintained facility for the support and housing of dependent or needy persons, typically run by a local government
-where you say your going when your broke.
Could possibly be your house, because your poor.
When i hit that ferrari it sent me straight to the poor house.

these front row seats i bought just put me in the poor house.
poor house by TDowns August 19, 2007

horse poor 

adj. used to describe someone (often a man in a relationship with a horsegirl/woman) who probably makes a decent salary and would be otherwise well off is but broke due to excessive spending on horses (often to appease the horse-crazed wishes of the horsegirl/woman).

source: riley savage (8:13 Shirts That Go Hard Tier List—HIVEMIND UNLIMITED)
his source: no clue he might've made it up on the spot
1: hey man can i borrow $20
2: nah brother i'm broke i just spent $20K on Majestic Prince Beanie Belle Btamble Moonstar 2
1: that better not be another fucking horse dude
2: tf do you think
1: man u could be living good but u horse poor
horse poor by WHENTHEBOMBGOES December 30, 2023

breatharian 

One whos diet consists of air, light, and prana, with a possible sip of water now and then.
The breatharian has air, light, and prana for food.
breatharian by leena gabor November 8, 2005
Word of the Day on June 3, 2026

A Booger In The Nose Of Progress 

Anything that impedes or otherwise interferes with a process going forward.
"Militarily, that inquest was a booger in the nose of progress."

or

"As far as human rights are concerned, this political infighting is a booger in the nose of progress."
Word of the Day on June 2, 2026

🤡🫵🏻

How to say "you're an idiot/clown" using only emojis.
Person 1: Insert completely incorrect and/or idiotic statement here
Person 2: 🤡🫵🏻
Word of the Day on June 1, 2026
Fogey/fogy /fougi/ sl. (early 18C+, orig. Scot) old-fashioned, stuck-in-the mud.
Person with old fashioned ideas which he is unwilling to change: Come to the disco and stop being such an old fogey!
You think me an old fogeyand an old tory, his thoughtful voice said. I saw three generations since O’Connel’s time. I remember the famine. Do you know that the orange lodges agitated for repeal of the union twenty years before O’Connel did or before the prelates of your communion denounced him as a demagogue? You fenians forget some things. (James Joyce, Ulysses. Penguin Books,1992. p. 38)
fogey by Petyush September 14, 2005
Word of the Day on May 31, 2026