abandominiums

abandominium

An abandoned housing structure that has since been occupied by drug addicts. Those abandominiums definitely lower the property value on this side of town.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

abandominiums

n. abandoned apartments used by drug addicts to take crack. (Contrived and forced.) Row after row of abandominiums lined the once proper middle-class neighborhood.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • abandominium
  • no doubt about it
  • barn find
  • adrenaline
  • adrenaline junkie
  • junkie
  • fuckhouse
  • definitely not
  • Definitely not!
References in periodicals archive
Dodging the law, sleeping in "abandominiums," doing whatever it takes to get their next high, these unfortunate souls lead a life that most people cannot even conceive of, even in their worst nightmares.
Redeemed from Hell on the Streets of LA: He Kan't Kill Your Future Published by Outskirts Press
16, 2008) (defining abandominiums as "[a]bandoned row houses where drugs are used").
(108) In one proceeding, an interpreter may be expected to accurately convey the meaning of complex legal principles such as "proof beyond a reasonable doubt," idioms such as "beating around the bush," and sub-cultural slang such as "we were hanging in an abandominium." (109)
Say what? South Dakota's unsettling indifference to linguistic minorities in the courtroom