slum itとは 意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

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

1. To associate with people or engage in activities with a status below one's own.
   • 2015, Lin-Manuel Miranda, “The Schuyler Sisters”, in Hamilton:

     There's nothing rich folks love more than going downtown and slummin' it with the poor.

   • 2017 June 7, Adam Lusher, “Adnan Khashoggi: the 'whoremonger' whose arms deals funded a playboy life of decadence and 'pleasure wives'”, in The Independent‎, London:

     The private jets eventually went, Khashoggi having to slum it on commercial airlines.

   • 2019, Mike Oppenhuizen, Lauren Moon, “The Essence of a Penguin” (15:52 from the start), in Atypical, season 3, episode 6, spoken by Chuck and Evan (Karl T. Wright and Graham Rogers), via Netflix:

     So what's Casey up to today? Let's talk about her. You both like her. / Oh, she's at school. And then I think she's training with Izzie, which is good that I'm not there, 'cause Izzie's not really my biggest fan and she thinks that Casey's, like, slumming it with me. Which, you know, I'm gonna stop talking about right now.