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Another way to say “poor”

12 slang terms grouped by this meaning, ranked by popularity.

  1. The baked feta + cherry tomato pasta that broke TikTok — and actually broke feta supply chains in Finland — in early 2021. Just a block of feta, tomatoes, olive oil, garlic, roasted, and stirred through pasta.

  2. British: affectionate, sometimes patronizing, reaction. "Bless him" = "poor dear." "Bless" alone can be a dismissal of something small and sweet.

  3. MARPAT — short for Marine Pattern — is the distinctive pixelated digital camouflage pattern used by the US Marine Corps. Its fractured, blocky design broke from traditional camouflage and proved more effective at breaking up the human silhouette across multiple environments. Marines are fiercely protective of MARPAT, and its use is restricted to authorised personnel.

  4. Of clothing, a place, etc.: unkempt and worn or otherwise in poor condition due to age or neglect; scruffy.

  5. Poor; bare; barren.

  6. (slang, derogatory) An inhabitant of the western suburbs of a city or town, stereotyped as of working class status and poor.

  7. (slang) Lame; of poor quality.

  8. (slang) An undeservedly poor reputation.

  9. (golf) A poor golf shot, where the club hits the ground before it hits the ball.

  10. (British, historical) A fund, set up in the early 18th century, to financially assist the poor members of the clergy.

  11. (British) The exploitation of tenants of slum properties by unscrupulous landlords; the practice of charging extortionate rents for inferior properties, especially to poor, disadvantaged or immigrant tenants.

  12. (computing) Perceptible pause in the smooth rendering of a software application's user interface due to slow operations or poor interface design.