pooror

Pooror is a neologism that has appeared in some sociolinguistic and critical discussions to refer to a person who is impoverished or to the lived experience of poverty. It is not a widely recognized term in standard dictionaries, and its precise sense varies by author.

Origin traces: combines the adjective poor with the agentive suffix -or, in analogy to words like actor or donor. The coinage is intended to foreground the subjectivity and social dimensions of poverty rather than simply describing economic status.

In use, pooror can appear in analyses of poverty discourse, critiques of policy, and contexts where authors seek to highlight victims' voices. Some writers use the term to avoid stereotypical labels; others use it to draw attention to structural causes. Because there is no consensus, 'pooror' often coexists with terms like pauper, impoverished person, or poor person, each carrying different connotations.

See also: Poverty, Inequality, Social class, Neologism, Sociolinguistics.