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  2. Skid row - Wikipedia

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    A skid row, also called skid road, is an impoverished area, typically urban, in English-speaking North America whose inhabitants are mostly poor people "on the skids". This specifically refers to people who are poor or homeless, considered disreputable, downtrodden or forgotten by society.

  3. Urban Dictionary - Wikipedia

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    Urban Dictionary Screenshot Screenshot of Urban Dictionary front page (2018) Type of site Dictionary Available in English Owner Aaron Peckham Created by Aaron Peckham URL urbandictionary.com Launched December 9, 1999 ; 25 years ago (1999-12-09) Current status Active Urban Dictionary is a crowdsourced English-language online dictionary for slang words and phrases. The website was founded in ...

  4. Talk:Skid row - Wikipedia

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    The name of the skid row in Seattle would be Seattle's Skid Row in the same way as there is a San Francisco's China Town. Make a disambiguation block at the top of this page. --mav Mav is right, "Skid Row" is the title or formal name of a spacific place, while "skid row" is a type of place that could be named something else.

  5. Glossary of Generation Z slang - Wikipedia

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    Dictionary.com implies that the origins for the two meanings had little to do with each other. [118] out of pocket To be crazy, wild, or extreme, sometimes to an extent that is considered too far. [3] [119] owned Used to refer to defeat in a video game, or domination of an opposition. Also less commonly used to describe defeat in sports.

  6. 23 skidoo (phrase) - Wikipedia

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    A postcard from 1905; the Flatiron Building in the background shows that 23rd Street is the location. This is the most widely known explanation for the phrase "23 skidoo".. 23 skidoo (sometimes 23 skiddoo) is an American slang phrase generally referring to leaving quickly, being forced to leave quickly by someone else, or taking advantage of a propitious opportunity to leave.

  7. Internet slang - Wikipedia

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    Besides common examples, lesser known slang and slang with a non-English etymology have also found a place in standardized linguistic references. Along with these instances, literature in user-contributed dictionaries such as Urban Dictionary has also been added to. Codification seems to be qualified through frequency of use, and novel ...

  8. Skid Row, Los Angeles - Wikipedia

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    Skid Row is a neighborhood in Downtown Los Angeles. [1] The area is officially known as Central City East. [2]Skid Row contains one of the largest stable populations of homeless people in the United States, estimated at over 4,400, and has been known for its condensed homeless population since at least the 1930s. [3]

  9. Skid - Wikipedia

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    Skid or Skids may refer to: Skid, a type of pallet; Skid (aerodynamics), an outward side-slip in an aircraft turn; Skid (automobile), an automobile handling condition where one or more tires are slipping relative to the road; Skid, a sled runner; Skids, vehicles with continuous track; Skids, or skid loaders, a vehicle; Skids, a nautical term ...