SLUM

slum, slum area

(noun) a district of a city marked by poverty and inferior living conditions

slum

(verb) spend time at a lower socio-economic level than one’s own, motivated by curiosity or desire for adventure; usage considered condescending and insensitive; “attending a motion picture show by the upper class was considered sluming in the early 20th century”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

slum (countable and uncountable, plural slums)

(countable) A dilapidated neighborhood where many people live in a state of poverty.

• Charles Dickens, Gambling

(slang, uncountable) Inexpensive trinkets awarded as prizes in a carnival game.

Synonyms

• See slum

Verb

slum (third-person singular simple present slums, present participle slumming, simple past and past participle slummed)

(intransitive) To visit a neighborhood of a status below one's own.

Etymology 2

Noun

slum (uncountable)

(slang) slumgullion; a meat-based stew

Anagrams

• Lums, UMLS, lums

Source: Wiktionary

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Slum, n. Etym: [CF. Slump, n.]

1. A foul back street of a city, especially one filled with a poor, dirty, degraded, and often vicious population; any low neighborhood or dark retreat; -- usually in the plural; as, Westminster slums are haunts for theives. Dickens.

2. pl. (Mining)

Definition: Same as Slimes.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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