slumdog

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.30 in modern English

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noun

"Priya, 17, has chosen to be a slumdog, and her life reads like a film script."
""I am poor, but don't call me slumdog," said Rekha Dhamji, 18."
"“India is not really about ‘Slumdog Millionaire.’ It’s about slumdogs versus millionaires, and that’s what you’re seeing in Delhi now.”"
"This trope appeals to audiences and award juries alike, while avoiding the obvious issue that there’s a lot of slumdogs who will never become millionaires."

From slum + dog; first appeared in the 2008 British romantic comedy film Slumdog Millionaire.

slumdogs (plural)

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