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whats the word i'm lookin for...

Steoob · 2005-10-12 22:11:58

hey dont know if this is the right forum but here goes.. whats the noun thats like.. a delapitated area thats assosiated with poverty and crime.. not really a slum but a place in a town were there are lots of "people" living... cant think of a word im sure theres one out there.. anybody have an idea?

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12-10-2005 11:11pm

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Steoob

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hey dont know if this is the right forum but here goes..

whats the noun thats like.. a delapitated area thats assosiated with poverty and crime.. not really a slum but a place in a town were there are lots of "people" living... cant think of a word im sure theres one out there.. anybody have an idea?

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#2 12-10-2005 11:14pm
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ghetto?

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#3 12-10-2005 11:16pm
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barrio?

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#4 12-10-2005 11:16pm
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comedy replies....

Ballymun?

Northside?

and so on.

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#5 12-10-2005 11:30pm
Steoob

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nah theyre more kinda words for like foreign minoritys.. ok basically im lookin for a word that is a cool word for a total knacker ****hole.. and not ballymun haha

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#6 12-10-2005 11:32pm
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Steoob wrote:

nah theyre more kinda words for like foreign minoritys.. ok basically im lookin for a word that is a cool word for a total knacker ****hole.. and not ballymun haha

I thought ghetto fitted this pretty well.
If not, perhaps skid-row?
Dont have to be for foreign minorities...

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#7 12-10-2005 11:34pm
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ah.. its still not right.. more of a politically correct word get my drift?

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#8 12-10-2005 11:57pm
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tenement?

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#9 13-10-2005 10:00am
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John2 wrote:

tenement?

Thats a goodie.

Um, downtown? Inner-city? Projects?

Do you have a word in your head?

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#10 13-10-2005 10:15am
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Shanty town?

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#11 13-10-2005 10:46am
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'Area of social deprivation.' Why use one word when four can do the job just as good?

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#12 13-10-2005 11:01am
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You could use 'favela' as well...

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#13 13-10-2005 7:26pm
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Ah, "The favela I loved so well".

What about "disadvantaged area"? You hear that on the news quite a bit.

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#14 14-10-2005 2:00pm
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You could try the english forum, it's at http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=328 though I don't think it's frequented as much as the literature forum. I would go with shanty town myself but it's only really acceptable in a developing country like India or something, if you're talking about Ireland you could try high-density region if you were being really PC but I guess ghetto or tenement should be fine

Steoob wrote:

a place in a town were there are lots of "people" living

Haha, by "people" do you mean skangers?

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#15 14-10-2005 8:12pm
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hi all.. thanks for the replies.. hmm its seem like tenements a pretty cool word might go for that one thankin you... and yes fishie.. skangers haha

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