Definitions

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  • noun A person with meager resources especially financial ones

Etymologies

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broke +‎ ass

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Examples

  • If i was a brokeass kid with a broke family who didn't know better how to source a good used bike and i got that for Xmas I would be happy.

    BSNYC Friday Fun Quiz! BikeSnobNYC 2010

  • The perfect setup for someone like me, a brokeass 18 year old living on his own for the summer.

    Tidy Office In A Tiny Closet | Lifehacker Australia 2009

  • With all that said I just have one more thing to write .. haha, stop using your brokeass sidekick to read my diary and move your ass on too, Frank.

    terrarose Diary Entry terrarose 2007

  • One of which, I might add, was that brokeass song from the "Batman" soundtrack - seriously dude?

    Archive 2006-03-01 2006

  • One of which, I might add, was that brokeass song from the "Batman" soundtrack - seriously dude?

    Get Off - no, really. Get. Off. 2006

  • If I have to sit here and spend my life listening to you complain about your phone service, you have to listen to me complain about your brokeass who cant pay his/her bill in the first place.

    terrarose Diary Entry terrarose 2002

  • While I sit and work my ass off and pay taxes, some ghetto-brokeass bitches sit at home and watch Days of our Lives, eat doritos and scratch their nutsacks all day because OF ME, AND EVERYONE ELSE OUT THERE WHO PAYS TAXES!!

    terrarose Diary Entry terrarose 2002

  • Annie, a poet with no time for poems, is caught between her wonderful, successful boyfriend and her magnetic, brokeass, aspiring musician, coffee shop co-worker.

    BroadwayWorld.com Featured Content 2010

  • I can empathize with your situation as a "brokeass student."

    Comments for Broke-Ass Student J. McGregor 2010

  • So: Visa and Mastercard-who've helped ensure that your brokeass stays broke after buying things that leave you broke-waived fees on Haiti donation transactions.

    Gawker 2010

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