" subsistence "

 [ "subsistence" ]

1:  Surviving on the bare minimum of what you need to live. An active RuneScape clan with well over a hundred members and 35+ level 100's.

  * e.g.,  ... I'm barely subsisting on these supplies we have here... Hey look, it's Clan Subsistence! They're going to destroy us in a clan war! 

 [ "subsistence" ]

1:  condition of managing to stay alive: the condition of being or managing to stay alive, especially when there is barely enough food or money for survival continuing to exist: the condition of continuing to exist mathematics philosophy quality of abstract existence: the quality that something possesses of existing independently, timelessly, or by virtue of its essence

  * e.g.,  ... finding ways of subsistence.. 

 [ "subsist" ]

1: 1)To eat a relatviely narrow range of food choices at weird hours and with weird people. All the good foods are not eaten, and instead are replaced with crap foods.

  * e.g.,  ... 'I subsist!' 

 [ "subsist" ]

2: 2) To practice a dietary regimen that leaves one short and surly, with a ghetto booty parted in the middle by a range of thong underwear

  * e.g.,  ... 'Are you fucking crazy? A bagel with salad dressing is NOT food.' 

 [ "subsistence farting" ]

1: When someone farts just enough for only the farter to smell it, and no one else. Similar to subsistence farming, but related to passing gas and not raising crops.

  * e.g.,  ... Person A: *frrt* Person B: Did you just fart? Why don't I smell it? Person A: I guess only I can smell it. Person B: Thank you for subsistence farting! 

 [ "subsistence farming" ]

1: Agriculture that provides food to the farmer and his/her family, with little or no product for trade. The practitioners are very susceptible to famine.

  * e.g.,  ... The Ethiopian practice of subsistence farming, is almost suicidal. 

 [ "subsistence business" ]

1: Any business with a lax business model, allowing only for the owner(s) to maintain a middle-class or lower lifestyle. Sometimes dishonest practices including but not limited to: tax evasion, insurance fraud, and forced child labor; are utilized to keep the business profitable.

  * e.g.,  ... Most mom and pop stores are subsistence businesses. Notice how they whine about the local Walmart, yet hypocritically resell Walmart products in their stores. 

 [ "Subsistance-Employment" ]

1: A subset of employment which describes poverty level low-income jobs. Workers in this type of employment find themselves living paycheck to paycheck with no means of financial growth. Most often associated with entry level work for fast-food, big-box retail, and agrarian employers.

  * e.g.,  ... Bill: "I ain't got no cell signal." 

 [ "Subsistance-Employment" ]

2: Usage: "I'm heading to cash my Subsistance Employment paycheck to buy this weeks top-ramen and bus tokens."

  * e.g.,  ... Fred: "You should upgrade from Prepaid" 

 [ "subsistence nookie" ]

1: Obviously the term for sleeping with someone you don't want a long term relationship with, but find necessary to keep yourself in hormonal harmony

  * e.g.,  ... Howeigh found Davey's personality to be utterly reprehensible but continued to use him as a source of subsistence nookie. 

 [ "subsisticate" ]

1: To dump, or urine in your pants.

  * e.g.,  ... Oh shoot! Fred did you subsisticate in your pants? that is rancid!