1. Another term for "ghetto." Except that slums would be used more to describe a metropolitan ghetto rather than a small town ghetto.

2. Originaly used to desribe the ghetto neighborhoods of New York city and Los Angeles.

(also see "hoodlums.")

a poor neighborhood or district

Melbourne slang; when a tram is packed and all of the seats are taken, one has to resort to sitting in the 'slums'. the slums are the steps of the tram near the electric doors.

When you're slightly tipsy/buzzed, and you simply refuse to do anything involving physical movement because you just can't be bothered.

When rich kids go and live in poverty for the experience , to prove they are artists, musicians , for entertainment , feel like they are connected to real life , but usually get money from mom, dad, uncle, to exist. And they can leave it anytime they want and go back to the upper middle class and upper class milieu live off of wealthy parents, relatives, friends . As usual they usually go and work in finance and banking and screw the common people . A song by Pulp called Common People is an example in the lyrics .

A person who hangs around a lower social level than one's own for the purpose of drugs, free loader

Or
A classy person hanging around drug dealers for a free fix

to hang out- or go out with someone on a lesser scale than you