slum

noun

1. Nonsense; humbug.

   “And this, without more slum began, / Over a flowing pot-house can, / To settle, without botheration, / The rigs of this here tip-top nation.”

verb

Etymology: First attested in 1812. Originally slang, in the sense "room", especially "backroom", of unknown origin.

1. To visit a neighborhood of a status below one's own.

   “The princess goes slumming.”

   “When you meet the girl who wouldn't et cetera you will tell her that you are slumming, visiting your own six A.M. Lower East Side of the soul on a lark, stepping nimbly between the piles of garbage to the gay marimba rhythms in your head.”

2. To saunter about in a disreputable manner.