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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.
Poverty Porn by Weirdo Sheep January 14, 2018

poverty porn 

Maury, Jerry Springer, and any show that purposefully uses the extremely poor and/or desperate uneducated people to exploit them for the purpose of entertainment.
"Every time I see a show that involves poor people fighting, it just gives me the worst poverty porn vibe."
poverty porn by Nenona571 October 20, 2013
Word of the Day on October 24, 2013

poverty porn 

Porn that is made by people who wouldn't ordinarily do porn, but seriously need the money. This explains why some people who appear in porn but obviously have no idea what they are doing.
Dave: That chick Taylor is so hot. She made the whole DVD worth buying.

Sean: I heard she was doing poverty porn to get her transmission fixed.
poverty porn by james savik November 5, 2023
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Slop Grenade

When someone uses AI to generate a large document, slide deck, or piece of code/software and tosses it over the fence for you to deal with.
Chad: Hey Brent I sent you the new backend API change to review, it’s only 100 files changed.

Brent: he just tossed me a slop grenade
Slop Grenade by Joe Squid September 28, 2026
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After we broke up, he was floxi to me.
floxi by Dr. Geek May 13, 2009
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New York and everyone from there can fornicate themselves with an iron stick.
leafers by ss++ February 8, 2005
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