ghetto

ghetto
1. (ghetto) (5897↑, 1011↓)
1. (n.) an impoverished, neglected, or otherwise disadvantaged residential area of a city, usually troubled by a disproportionately large amount of crime 2. (adj.) urban; of or relating to (inner) city life 3. (adj.) poor; of or relating to the poor life 4. (adj.) jury-rigged, improvised, or home-made (usually with extremely cheap or sub-standard components), yet still deserving of an odd sense of respect from ghetto dwellers and non-ghetto dwellers alike

1. John's paranoia about triple-checking whether or not he's locked his car doors comes from his growing up in the ghetto 2. "Why you always be talkin' ghetto? Get yo'self a propa' e-ju-ma-kay-shun, kid\!" 3. Jane hid her head in embarrasment as her mom shamelessly committed the ghetto act of stuffing the restaurant's bread rolls, sugar packets, and silverware in her purse 4. "A TV Guide duct-taped to a 4 foot stick?\! That's one hella ghetto 'mote control\!"

2. (ghetto) (5786↑, 1794↓)
word which rich white girls use to describe almost everything thats not clad with lilly polos and pearls.

"Look how ghetto I look\!" Muffy said as she put on her gucci sunglasses.

3. (ghetto) (3361↑, 1205↓)
1. (n.) A quarantined section of the city where the Jews were forced to live during WWII Germany.

Jimmy jumped over giant, gelatinous [jiggas] in his Jewish ghetto.

4. (ghetto) (1799↑, 652↓)
projects; run down homes or parts of towns or cities

you live in the ghetto

5. (ghetto) (1267↑, 572↓)
A section of a city to which an entire ethnic or economically depressed group is is restricted; as by poverty or social pressure.

Ghetto can be broken down into three ideoms; Social (isolated) Economical (industrial) and Legal (having to go aganst authoritied in order to make ends meet

6. (ghetto) (933↑, 468↓)
1)Area in which the nazis contained the jews prior to being taken to concentration camps (this definition is rarely used in daily discussion) 2)Poor area of town with public housing, a high minority population, and even higher crime rates 3)Relating to black culture 4)ajective or adverb relating to cheapness

1) Hitler created ghettos in WWII Germany. 2)South Central LA is a classic ghetto. 3)Marcus's South Pole jeans that sag down past his knees are very ghetto when paired with a doorag. 4) noun: My friend's old car being held together by duct tape is deeply ghetto. 4) verb: My tendecny to eat every free sample in Sam's Club is really quite ghetto of me.

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7. (ghetto) (679↑, 313↓)
a run down poor side of town or when something is jerry-rigged and looks like it was made in ahalf-assed fashion.

1. That side of town is a ghetto. 2. Replacing a broken window with a trashbag and ducttape is ghetto.

8. (ghetto) (287↑, 90↓)
This is an \{URBAN\} dictionary, so I reject that others try to force literal, mainstream definitions of slang on the words defined here. With that said, ghetto is not just a place where Jews were segregated in the past, it is also a way of thinking and behavior evolved from living in a physical ghetto. BECAUSE there are so many listings with ghetto linked to them, it is a FACT that people associate ghetto with not just a blighted area, but also a condition, an association with people, objects, and behavior not considered 'acceptable,' or 'proper' by mainstream society.

John lives in the ghetto. Man, why you gotta be actin all ghetto? That hoopty is straight up ghetto.

9. (ghetto) (323↑, 136↓)
Where middle to high class kids want to live. Not necessarily white, but this is sometimes the case. They act all ghetto, but if you put them in the REAL ghetto the way they acted for at least 1 weekend, they wouldn't come back acting ghetto-if they come back at all. If they're sane, of course.

Kid whose dad makes $600,000 a year: Yo my nigga, let's go to that store, it ain't got no a/c, that shit it ghetto\! *Dropped off at compton. In first 5 minutes they witness a drive-by 10 steps from them* Back in rich suburb: damn, bra, we made it in the ghetto for a half-hour\! We tha shit dude\!

10. (ghetto) (225↑, 56↓)
1) Yelling at your boo in the middle of the street 2) Using the walkie-talkie feature on your cell to discuss personal drama in order to save minutes 3) Dressing for work like you are going to the club 4) Wearing house slippers outside the house 5) Taking pride in being broke 6) Flashing money you don't have instead of making your money last. 7) Having a new ride with large chrome rims but don't have a job. 8) Wearing your same clothes 5 days in a row but keeping them clean and pressed. 9) Running from the cops for no reseaon just to see if they can catch you...... This list could be pages long...

ghetto is also know as hood rich.

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11. (ghetto) (165↑, 39↓)
A place which apparently is cool to come from and live in, but at the same time something that everyone is trying to leave.

Guy 1: Yo nigga I lived in da ghetto. WORD. Guy 2: What, is that something to be proud of? *Walks away rolling eyes*

12. (ghetto) (286↑, 168↓)
A word misused by wannabe rapper/wigger White punks, male and female alike, so they sound more "gangster". When in actuality, if said White punks actually spent some time in a real ghetto they would go running back to their middle/upper class subdivisions crying for mommy AND the police. You 12 - 23 year old posers have a lot to learn about life. Your craving to be affilliated with black street culture so you can appear "different", is really not being different at all. When you're reduced to the point that you have to find a new angle to cock your baseball cap so you're different from all the other crooked hat wearing little wimps, you don't realize that you're truly not different at all. Want to be different, new and exciting? Lose the baggy pants, that juvinile looking baseball cap, spend $30 on a Polo shirt and $20 on some Wranglers and be amazed at the respect you'll instantly receive, instead of the total lack of respect adult give you now. Oh, and sell that Honda Civic with all the bullshit added to it and buy a real car. The Folgers coffee can for a tailpipe doesn't do a damned thing and my 43 year old White ass in my 1/4 ton Toyota Tacoma leaves you little bastards at the red light every time, throwing your hands up and down and pointing fingers inside the car like a chimp with a coconut. Grow up little boys.

Look at little Zachary from the Uptown Garden District. When he's around his friends he goes by "Little Z" and listens to Fifty Cents, had daddy spend $4000 on extras for the Honda Prelude he got for making the A Honor Roll at Tulane and cut holes in his $120 jeans so he can look all "ghetto". Classic example of a wannabe Wigger who's really just a poser. Again, grow up you little idiots.

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13. (ghetto) (175↑, 84↓)
a word which white girls from suburbia use to classify anything that isnt polka dotted/sugar coated.

Jenni:omg we look so ghetto in these nike sneakers\!\!\!

14. (ghetto) (254↑, 167↓)
poor/urban person, place, or thing; originated from German language not the blacks so if another race than blacks says ghetto doesn't mean their trying to be black, in fact, no ones trying to be black they are just under the gangsta influence of their own race (ex.AZN, chicos, whites, pros)

Krakow Ghetto Liquidation where many Jews were killed by Nazi soldiers President: I have lived in the ghettos of USAmerica and am also knowledgable of their ghetto houses and supplies. ("hmm hmm-hmm hmmmm hmmm hmmm hhmmm hmmm hmmm hmmmh hmmmh mhmmmh mm mhhhmm")(President's beat)

15. (ghetto) (117↑, 81↓)
It's a place that people act like is such a bad crime infested place with a hobo on each corner like all these suburban kids like to discribe the ghetto when in fact it's not THAT bad\! Not everyone does drugs and kills people\! I'm not saying ghetto is the best place to raise a family but no one picks on other kids in the ghetto because everyone can understand why someone's clothes arent always brand fucking new. It is a wonderful place to live as long as you dont fuck with the gangbangers. keep in mind though not every kid with baggy clothes and a durag on is a gangbanger that just means he probly just likes rap...

I live in the innercity(ghetto said in a positive way) of Columbus, Ohio and i don't think its bad at all...

16. (ghetto) (105↑, 72↓)
The origin of the word ghetto comes from the dialect spoken in Venezia, aka Venice for english-spoken people, and probably was created during 1400-1500. It was used to define the place where jewish people live and have their bussinesses, separated from the oligarchy that ruled Venezia in that period , that was mainly connected with commerce on the Mediterranean Sea.I think people in Venezia could haven't believed that this word would have such a fortune. Of course this word can mean all the other entries are in this this useful slang dictionary.

Nowadays if u go 2 Venezia in Northern Italy u'll find the real first ghetto in history

17. (ghetto) (71↑, 44↓)
(noun)a place where one has grown up and has lived there with the people of his own race or his relatives, a place with whose residents one has shared his life experiences and has had joyful memories.

I miss those days in my ghetto\!

18. (ghetto) (41↑, 15↓)
When someone is to be described as "ghetto" - it is used to describe that persons STATE OF MIND. "Ghetto" can be both a noun and an adjective. So, in this case, it is used as an adjective where white and Asian people can be just as "ghetto" as black people. Normally, this results from the poor living and upbringing conditions. "Ghetto" is a derogatory term used towards individuals who lack the standards of manners and ethics. For some reason, "ghetto" is normally directed towards black individuals. However, it is believed and has been proven that other individuals of a different color can and have acted just as poorly. "Ghetto" is NOT black or being black. "Ghetto" is how an individual looks at the world and acts accordingly to the "ghetto" belief. "Ghetto" is how one presents themselves in how they dress, act, and speak that acquires itself from the poor conditionings of a "ghetto" (ref. ghetto-.noun) up-bringing.

That girl/boy is ghetto. Why is she/he so ghetto? That ghetto bit*h needs to chill. That ghetto bit*h needs to chill with all that ghETto tYpE.

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19. (ghetto) (47↑, 22↓)
A ghetto is a poor area with mostly minorities living there, where some people resort to crime to make money. People drug deal and become prostitues because they aren't taxed on money they make illegally so they can keep all of it. A ghetto is generally seen in a negative way but it isn't always a negative place. A place like Harlem, New York was once well known for it's high crime rate and for being the black capital of america, it produced music, jazz, hiphop, rap, poetry, it produced great soul food, and great people so just because a place is all black and has dangerous parts doesn't mean it's good for nothing.

ghettos, good or bad you decide

20. (Ghetto) (36↑, 14↓)
Textbooks will usually describe the word "ghetto" as a place where a minority group dominates. Unfortunately these cities and towns of living are often run down with a high crime rate. That is part of the reason Martin Luthe King addressed the problems of African Americans being forced from a "smaller ghetto to a larger one." In pop culture terms it often refers to bad living areas (whether minority groups dominate or not) and things that are of low quality.

Oprah: This fast food restraunt has the worst fries. It is so ghetto\! 50 Cent: I grew up in the ghetto\! Why do you think I am a rapper? Alex Trebec: Why are my shows ratings getting to be so low? My show is not that ghetto\! Jessica Simpson: My black friends are not welcome on the farm. This run down country town is ghetto\!

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21. (ghetto) (69↑, 50↓)
Something of inferior quality. Someone who wears ghetto clothes, lives in a ghetto ass apartment and drives a ghetto ass car or no car at all. Worse yet, they take the bus- now that's ghetto\!

Vitale takes the bus to his box packing job and comes home to an ugly little apartment. How ghetto. Wonder if he's embarrassed.

22. (Ghetto) (30↑, 14↓)
A low-income community. (poor)

Boy 1: Why do you stay in the ghetto. Because my mom doesn't make that much money, to stay in the richies. She get's welfare boy 2: Oh that's understandable.

23. (ghetto) (19↑, 6↓)
1) A run down area of any town or city, but most often used in terms of the inner city. Any area with low or non-existent property value. May or may not refer to a high-crime area, but often does. 2) Anything that is jury rigged, broken in some way, or otherwise of generally poor quality. Refers to the frequency at which poverty-stricken people must improvise to survive on low income.

1) Pine Manor is a ghetto so full of drug dealers and other criminals, that it is often nicknamed "Crime Manor." 2) The students called their portable classroom "ghetto" because one of the windows is broken, the walls are covered with mold and ancient spitwads, the desks are falling apart, and the whiteboard has a number of inexplicable dents in it.

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24. (ghetto) (170↑, 159↓)
despite pop culture, ghetto is actually a noun, not an adjective to describe something poorly made or maintained. a ghetto is an area of gov't funded housing.

wrong: bro, that is a ghetto ass stereo right: i live in the ghetto

25. (ghetto) (28↑, 18↓)
some who acts like they grew up poor and in the hood. usaully this type of person can never let the streets and hood go.

i can't stand that girl she is so ghetto....

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26. (ghetto) (40↑, 30↓)
[Urban] [Redneck] The [urban] counterpart to the [rural]. Both [underclass]es possess a culture, values, language, and dress code characterized by identification with ignorance, substance abuse, objectification of women, crime, poverty and geographic, social and economic isolation.

You might be [ghetto] if your car has [rims] which cost more than the car itself.

27. (GHETTO) (30↑, 21↓)
These do not technically exist within the American Region no matter how hard people try to convince you they do. An "American ghetto" is very tame where they sell drugs some murders ect. A real ghetto has thousands of murders, houses made from trash, 3 legged dogs running wild and all of the above. Take a look at the slums of Kingston Jamaica, India, Pakistan, Iraq, South America, Mexico, and Russia\! Stop trying to act so poor and ghetto you retards.

Person 1: "Im from the ghetto" person 2: "Your from the City of God?" person 1: "No" person 2: "Then shut the hell up"

28. (Ghetto) (11↑, 3↓)
Sometimes blocks of government housing (cheap and of poor-quality so as to house the poor and needy) are called ghetto becuase these poor people resort to crime and stuff to get money. Because the whole block (usually there are several) is poor and criminal, it can't even be apprached by authorities in some cases because it is so derelict and vile. The government is now taking action and trying to get a mix of poor and rich and middle class people into these houses to even out the mix so it isn't so ghetto or derelict.

From the song "Supa Star" by Group Home Born in the ghetto it's hard to survive Some have achieved and many brothers tried But I realized which life to choose I wanna make money so I gotta pay dues But there's no rules and you only have one chance If ya f*** up kid you face the circumstance At night I use to scream and shout Livin' in the ghetto trying to get the hell out

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29. (ghetto) (29↑, 22↓)
Used as an adjective to describe a person. 1. A person who lives in a [ghetto]. 2. A person who claims to have lived in the [ghetto]. 3. A mother who has 2 or more [baby's daddy]. 4. A father who has 2 or more [baby's momma]. 5. A person who buys something that he/she cannot afford. A true [ghetto] person would do this repeatedly. 6. A person who has gold/silver/platinum teeth 7. A person whos car's [rims] cost more than the car. (see [spinners], [Rims that keep spinning every time you stop])

A ghetto person would buy a cell phone and can't pay the bill and the phone gets cut off. Man thats ghetto, he got spinners on a hupty\!

30. (ghetto) (10↑, 3↓)
something that is bad or a rough area. usually related to crime

bob: sum rude boys stole ma fone blud jim:naa blud dat is ghetto that estate is ghetto

31. (ghetto) (13↑, 8↓)
1. A state of mind 2. People, who may not always be of the black or lower class, that act unnecessarily uncivilized

1. Just because you live in the projects don't mean you have to be ghetto. 2. "No she didn't just walk into this grocery store in her pajamas and hair scarf\!"

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32. (ghetto) (9↑, 4↓)
Something very cheap and low-quality, or something you could have easily bought for a small sum of money, but opted to make it yourself with low-quality parts.

My lawn mower is so ghetto, oil comes OUT of the carburator\!

33. (ghetto) (33↑, 30↓)
Adjective:1.something that is poorly made or maintained 2.doing something that is lazy or not maintaining something

1.your Cd player has dents in it. It's so ghetto 2.George Fixed his shoes with Ducktape. He's so Ghetto.

34. (ghetto) (6↑, 3↓)
a name for a poor meet up place

wot up bro meet me at da ghetto in 5

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35. (Ghetto) (3↑, 1↓)
Code for black

That ghetto person is so loud

36. (Ghetto) (7↑, 5↓)
1.) The condition of being a stupid-ass, loud-ass, ignorant-ass, delinquent, and generally uncivilized piece of shit; 2.) A possible form of [mental retardation].

1) I hate ghetto people\! 2) Trey: What the hell is her problem? Quan: She's ghetto, nigga. She makes slow kids look like they could be on Jeprody

37. (ghetto) (15↑, 13↓)
A term used by mainly white people to describe something as poor or of bad personal taste.

white girl: Those pants are soooo totally ghetto.

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38. (ghetto) (13↑, 11↓)
Juliette Mueller, Lily Johnston, Alyssa Mattocks and Clara Hancock. ghetto-est people out there. Can pouf their hair and pop lock & drop it with the best of them, great rappers. love South Pole, long nails and giant hoop earrings. enjoy using the word "shoot".

Juliette: Yo LaQuIsHa\! how's it hangin? i heard you was preggo agin? who's the babbydaddy? it ain't that Will dude rite? Lily: aw, shoot\! you really think i would get with him agin? afta what he did wit Darlene. mm-hm ah gon' cut HIM\! Alyssa: but woo-WEE, that boi is FI-INE\!\! *snaps head around, purses super-glossed lips and clicks acrylics* Clara: damn straight\! you girls wan' go get some hamburgers and macdonalds? i'll let charlie, lil johnny and dawaught hang around in the play area. social services said i had to let them outta tha house at least once a day to hang in "ca-lean enviroments", or some shizz. whateva THAT means. he said if i don't get to it, i'll lose custody of my bay-bies. AGIN. Babbydaddy no 1: letz go shawties\!\! mcflurries on me\! Juliette: woo-wee\! i'll be there soon, i hafta redo my hair. i better look hawt, 'cause i haven't been to a nice dinner in forever. this is better than Applebee's\! I'll wear my new south powell dress\! i have to be classy. lily: and they said we was ghetto\!

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39. (ghetto) (28↑, 26↓)
ghetto is a place where every wigger dreams of coming from\! all of them white boyz think they so ghetto werin a rag and oversized sweater baggy jeans and dada shoes.. mothafucka u aint ghetto u just a rich punky ass white boy livin off their mama in suburbia. Yo ass woudnt ieven survive ghetto for 2 day u bitch as punk . U should be F-king happy that u live in suburbia with ur mommy and daddy and good amount of money buying u Xbox and shit... and ghetto aint that bad i live in SOuth Central and u know im making it through.

Wigger \#1: YO yo yo man wazzzzzup brotha\! Wigger \#2: wazzup patnar wat it do?11 black kid from the ghetto: Niggaz the fuckU Trippin on??ß\!\! u bitch ass punks go back to yo mamas and play yo Xbox BITCH\!\!\! or MAn im so ghett i bought blue rag yo im so ghetto i bought red rag damn we bloodz and crips-.....

40. (ghetto) (60↑, 58↓)
where has our society come 2... its stupid tat people are labled for what they're wearin... who cares.. theres a difference between wearin urban clothing and acting " gangsta"/ bein from the ghetto.... people like eminem and white dj producers shouldnt be called wiggers jus cuz they're white and wear urban clothing... they are part of the hiphop culture and society and are bein themselves.. also labeling black people as being ghetto is wrong.. its stupid how people accept black people for wearin urban clothin and not other races.. there are many black kids who wear urban hiphop clothing and they arent from the ghetto... hiphop is not about the color of ur skin... its about music... our media has played a large influence in this.. theres a big misperception between bein gansta and wearin hiphop clothing... people thez days judge others to quickly and worry bout others to much... now if a white suburban kid is speakin the ghetto lingo and glamorizing bein "gangsta"... like bein a blood or crip... tats different... those people dont know who they are and still need to think really hard about what they are doin with themselves... as a whole society shouldnt be so stereotypical... like labeling blacks, whites, hispanics and asians... people can choose to wear what they want.... in the end its the people that are makin fun of them that have to look at themselves in the mirror before targetin others....

He wore hiphop clothing but was not from the ghetto.

41. (ghetto) (31↑, 29↓)
Compton, California

Damn it was hard gangbangin in the ghetto of Compton today, got to feed the family though.

42. (ghetto) (4↑, 3↓)
The main excuse why white boys dont like black girls.

Black Girl\ghetto"OOOO he is soooo fine" White friend\ghetto"I'll tell him\!\!" *Ten minutes later* White friend\ghetto"He said no" Black girl\ghetto"Why not" White girl\ghetto"No offence....he said your too...loud" Black girl(inner voice)\ghettoya sure....you know he said GHETTO not loud

43. (ghetto) (3↑, 2↓)
adjective. substandard & undesirable (like an impoverished and unmaintained neighborhood).

I'm not accepting that cause it's ghetto.

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44. (Ghetto) (2↑, 1↓)
A state of mind in which people believe that being poor and armed adds to their social status.

Holly is very ghetto.

45. (ghetto) (20↑, 19↓)
ok lemme qive yu da defination of : ghetto: a lifestyle influenced by mostly musiq,clothinq,people,etc ; bad ass motherfucker ; trashy shit ;people label this as beinq black only.no it's not about being blk....blk people were the first ones to be qhetto but itz not bout being just blk...everyone shuld be who they fuckin' want to be..ok if a hispanic person wanna be qhetto cuz they think their culture is wack & think that beinq qhetto isx better to them then i think it'sz there choice.COlOR doesn't mean anything .Wats the difference ? i mean if a blk person want act like their proper...then that's they want to be \! . color shouldn't stop you from being yourself.pleaze dont qive me that excuse that beinq proper is better then beinq qhetto.qhetto iz not bout beinq someone..it'z just the way you live.im tired of people saying you have to be blk or hispanic to be qhetto.damn qet a life or something instead of judqinq ; only god can judqe me ; disagree wit me if you want i dont give a f*** .

im a hispanic dat luk "white" but im labeled as "qhetto" cuz of the way i talk and act and dress.im not tryna be blk.it'sz just a lifestyle im livinqq cuz i live around da ghetto.to be honest ; i dont label myself as anything.i know im not qhetto,preppy,qanqsta,emo,goth,etc.im ME .

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46. (ghetto) (19↑, 18↓)
I) A social, cultural isolation placed upon a minority group. As a derogatory term is mostly used to indicate a neglected, poor and filthy neighborhood, usually crime infested, in a city. II) The word “Ghetto” is an Italian word that derives from the Venetian (from Venezia) word “Ghèto” (pronounced “get-oh”) which in turn comes from the Italian word “Getto” (pronounced “Je`t-toh” literally translated “Thrown” or “Poured”) from the verb “Gettare”. The term “Ghèto” was used to indicate a small island near Venice which had a “foundry” (the act of pouring liquid metals into a container or form is called in Venetian dialect “Ghèto” still used today when you go to see the glass pouring techniques). Around the XIV-XV Century this island was given to the Jews, of Venezia and surrounding areas, to keep them separated from the aristocracy and general inhabitant of Venezia. In time they all moved and concentrated in this island, either they were money changers or commoners. The Island never took the name “Ghèto” but in time the word changed to “Ghetto” to differentiate the term from both “Getto” and “Ghèto” and to the Italians and surrounding nations the new term indicated where the Jews were “poured or thrown to” or in a nicer term, where they lived in; the word took international footing during WWII when Germans, long time occupiers of Venezia, familiar with this term, used it to indicate first where Jews or Gypsies lived and subsequently were they were kept or concentrated. III) It also took a different meaning when associated with words such as “golden” (Ghetto Dorato) to indicate where rich and affluent people lived. Today it has still the same meaning indicating an area where people are isolated culturally and socially but it is mostly used in a derogatory way.

don't go there it is a ghetto full of tugs and prostitutes

47. (ghetto) (6↑, 5↓)
n. Student neighborhood in the University of Dayton.

I'm going to go get plastered in the ghetto tonight.

48. (ghetto) (7↑, 6↓)
An improperly, overused word that most teenagers and young adults use to describe something that is old, run down, or dirty. The correct defintion is: a quarter of a city in which members of a minority group live especially because of social, legal, or economic pressure

Teenagers say "ghetto" all the time and they have no idea what the word really means. New York city is a place that had many "ghettos" in the early part of the 20th century.

49. (Ghetto) (0↑, 0↓)
1. A ghetto is a section of a city predominantly occupied by a group who live there, especially because of social, economic, or legal issues. The term was originally used in Venice to describe the area where Jews were compelled to live. 2. Now A days Ghetto is used to describe many things that are poorly made or poor looking.

Tom: We are going to the ghetto. Joe: The Ghetto? What's That? Tom: It's the place where all the poor, uneducated people live. or Kim: OMG that girl looks so Ghetto\! Sally: I know look at her Purple hair, that is so Ghetto\! Kim: And look at her fake Gucci Purse, only Ghetto people carry those\!

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50. (Ghetto) (0↑, 0↓)
Sara Lucas's house.

bro 1 - "Woah, check out that house, it's so ghetto bro" bro 2 - "Yeah that's Sara Lucas's house, it's so ghetto".

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51. (Ghetto) (0↑, 0↓)
A description that non-black people use for black people who are, at the time, doing anything gross, undesirable, obnoxious, loud, dressing trashy or giving unnecessary attitude - a description inherent to black people from the ghetto.

Jennifer usually looks really classy but tonight she just looked straight up ghetto.

52. (ghetto) (1↑, 1↓)
somethin that suburban white kids think all black ppl are. they also confuse it with gangsta all the time.

Diyon: ayyo my nigga dwayne lets go shoot hoops man Garrett the white kid: holy moly\! hes so ghetto\!

53. (Ghetto) (2↑, 2↓)
The word dat them whites use ta describe da blacks nd talkin like dem.

Gurl 1: Guuurrrrrrrrlllllllll ahm ghetto\! Gurl 2: Lmao yhuu knoee itt.

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54. (ghetto) (1↑, 1↓)
Any such thing related to black culture.

Omg those dubs are quite ghetto.

55. (ghetto) (0↑, 0↓)
anyone who follows the example of the one and only chima. must say quad, say everything is racist, have people pity the fact you are black, and point out jews.

chima, the epitome of ghetto

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56. (ghetto) (1↑, 1↓)
a place where big self centered mother fuckers live. who all go homosexual when you step on their stale bobo shoes. and curse in every sentence. Says markers like markcairss. Animals who Inhabit aint speak non English.

white guy: hay that guy just went all homosexual on me when i stepped on his shitty shoes. black guy: he must be ghetto

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57. (Ghetto) (1↑, 1↓)
A [gangbanger]; of anyone that owns marc [ecko] shoes/clothing, wears tons of trashy gold jewelry, uses annoying pointless [chatspeak] all the time(dis, da, lik, wit, lyf, etc.), usually deals drugs, and blasts their horrendous rap/hiphop music to deafen the ears of normal civilians

Person 1: Yo chek out dees nu eko shoos\!\! I fukin devot my lyfe to dem Person 2: Sorry, I dont talk to ghettos -_-

58. (Ghetto) (2↑, 2↓)
1) to talk with only slang terms and inproper english 2) now more commonly a state of being, without pride or dignity.

1) did you talk to their child? he's so ghetto. 2) you went to private school, stop trying to be so ghetto.

59. (Ghetto) (2↑, 2↓)
(noun, Ghetto; adjective, Ghetto; verb, Ghettoed) a way to describe something that in most cases cannot be described.

yo that donkey wearing a ball-cap is ghetto. my new solar-powered flash light is ghetto.

60. (ghetto) (12↑, 12↓)
Dirty run down neiborhood. Also A place where posers say they are from for a multitude of reasons. 1 To sound cool. 2 To sound hard. 3 A reason to wear baggy clothes. ETC.

Guy: "hey whats up" Poser: "Nothin jus trippin in da ghetto" Guy: "Really what you doing there" Poser: o nuttin much jus walkin around and kickin it ya kno?" Guy: Not really that sounds a bit scary..." Poser: Na this is where i from i aint SCURD\!\!\!\!

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61. (ghetto) (8↑, 8↓)
1. Run down. 2. What high school jocks think they are. 3. What 75% of white kids think they are.

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62. (ghetto) (0↑, 1↓)
Any such thing related to black culture.

Omg those dubs are quite ghetto.

63. (ghetto) (5↑, 6↓)
A smaller, powerless, and neglected area of a city. Usually made up of African-Americans.

Lilliana was from [uptown]. Laura was from [downtown]. Mary Jane was from the [country]. And J-Dawg was from the [ghetto].

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64. (ghetto) (4↑, 5↓)
Acting or looking like typical denizens of poor, black, urban neighborhoods. Often used by well-bred black folks to describe ethnic-group members who behave obnoxiously, don garish attire, or sport badly coiffed hair.

"Marie, would you just listen to those loud-talking Negroes over there\! They're so ghetto\!"

65. (ghetto) (3↑, 4↓)
something that everyone wants to be but when u actually are you wish you wernt

ex: man im so hard core and shit i will bit your little titty ass nigga im from the ghetto south side nigga never be hollering at me nigga my ghetto ass be rapin and shit ex: i need to get out of this shit whole and be somebody

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66. (Ghetto) (5↑, 6↓)
the city. the thug life. the bronx brooklyn harlem yonkers manhattan

Ghetto - "ima getta new paira jordanz, iight?" Non Ghetto- "I am going to get a new pair of Jordans, alright?"

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67. (Ghetto) (6↑, 7↓)
A term used by bitchy rich white girls that get a small rip in their clothes.

Dumb Bitch- OH MY GOD\!,you got a ugly(small) hole in your shirt\! Other Dumb Bitch- Hehehe, now I look sooo ghetto.

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68. (Ghetto) (19↑, 20↓)
Another word for the "slums". It is used generally in references to a dangerous place.

John: Where are you goin this weekend? James: I'm off to the ghetto to smoke cones. John: Oh, just dont get stabbed

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69. (ghetto) (6↑, 7↓)
If you wear grease that you wore over and over again, if your hang your clothes over the stove to dry your ghetto. Just cause you poor that dont mean that you ghetto, and if you rich you can still be ghetto, so people dont understand what it mean to be ghetto and if you gotta ask then you'll probably never know.

Man that broad musta had a broke ass dryer so she hung her clothes over the stove to dry, if that aint ghetto... what is\!

70. (Ghetto) (1↑, 3↓)
1) Everything is Ghetto. 2) Nothing can exist without being Ghetto. 3) This is Ghetto and you are Ghetto, Always\!

Dude, you are so Ghetto\!

71. (ghetto) (1↑, 3↓)
someone who's behavior (usually in reference to African-Americans) is obnoxious and uncivilized

People that act ghetto makes it hard for others to move ahead in life.

72. (ghetto) (2↑, 4↓)
adjective. a male or female that is usually african american, ignorant of the english language and loud with a thick urban accent. wears coogi, rocawear, or south pole. has multi colored weave or a bad weave. has a mini skirt on with a two sizes too small tanky top and a baby on their hip.

"That woman is so ghetto, look how shes smacking her gum and yelling every sentence."

73. (Ghetto) (8↑, 10↓)
Ghetto can be many different things from where a person 1) lives to the way they 2) talk, 3) walk, or 4) do things... 1- A place that people have real low income. 2- (talk) "A yo she shakin it lik a salt shaker" translation: (movin her botty up n down so fast lik when u shake salt). 3- (Walk) Any walk that don't look lik u gots a stick up ya butt. 4- Buy doing things that a rich person would never do (this does not include people who were poor and became rich.. only people that were born and raised that way..

1: you can't make an example of a ghetto home cause they all different, but here's an idea...u walk in a home and they T.V. stand is a chair, or box..ect. 2: look at tha definition above. 3: walkin wit a limp or walkin wit a sway. 4: (Girl) A yo. (boy) what. (girl) Why u drinkin ya soda out the pot, u ain't washed ya cups.

74. (Ghetto) (0↑, 3↓)
simply, a kickass way of life.

I went to KC Chicken in my ghetto car and ate some ghetto chicken while wearing my ghetto clothes and my ghetto shoes because thats just the way I am: GHETTO

75. (ghetto) (2↑, 5↓)
wEN YuhH groW UPP USInG SUPPLIES FRM dA 98 CeNt StORe

grl 1 "OO SHIT MY eyeliner BrOKE gONNA gO 2 DA 98 CENT STORE 2 GET SUM MORE" grl 2 "datz ghetto"

76. (ghetto) (1↑, 4↓)
1.A synonym to [cool]. Ghetto can be used to describe anything good. Originated from [wannabe gangsters], and now used more diversely.

1.Juan, your shoes are so ghetto. 2.Alex: Did you meet Alberto? Carl: Yeah, he's pretty ghetto.

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77. (ghetto) (12↑, 15↓)
Ghetto is derived from parents naming their children something like "Dolly"

You can walk through the ghetto and know peoples names without asking them: *Dolly *Tonio *Lafonda *Tyrisha *Quamisha *Fofisha *Bobisha *Kanisha *Kryshel

78. (ghetto) (4↑, 7↓)
when you're bored on a Friday night and decide to make a Twister board since you don't own it.

This Twister board is so ghetto\!

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79. (ghetto) (9↑, 12↓)
Present : Ghetto - doing something so cheap everyone usually lived doing this word, man if you havent your one rich ass bitch.

MY favorites or common riding a kart to get to places using bags as shoes or slippers, cant think of things i seen or did right now whatever you get the point but damnt the kart its fun downhill im telling you use pillows for protection Example : damn\! thats hella ghetto using newspaper to wrap christmas gifts we aint the dallar store\! its usefull doing these though seriously it does work, but its some wack ass decoration who gives a fuck its wrapped right?

80. (ghetto) (10↑, 13↓)
"Zetto" was the name of the quartier of the east europe jews (the venetian native jews can live where they wished)and means nothing, just a name for a place. The east europe jews cannot spell the letter "z" and calling it "ghetto".

1400: Yankele:"I am an jew immigrant from Polland , can I rent a house here?" Bepin: "no, you must go in the zetto : third channel on the right." Yankele"what?" Bepi"Zetto, Zetto, the third channel on the right and youll'find the quartier. Then ask to the rabbis" Yankele" Shit \! I cannot spell this..ketto, ghetto..ach\!"

81. (ghetto) (16↑, 19↓)
1. a place where people are barely getting by in life. 2. a term used for something not on the same status as you. 3. a term used for a rundown object

1. I feel sorry for that guy, he lives in the ghetto. 2. " Oh my god that outfit is ghetto" 3. That binder is ghetto.

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82. (ghetto) (20↑, 23↓)
someone something thats poor or in bad condition [hood]

"man that b-ball is fuckin ghetto" "you still livin in the ghetto"

83. (ghetto) (0↑, 4↓)
Where I live aKa the funnest place on earth you can get shit ton of illegal shit there. Be like i dont know este the bricks or compton you know gangster ass cities like that where you can do whatever you want.

The ghetto is a fun place to [be].

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84. (ghetto) (3↑, 7↓)
1. Where black people grow up

I live in the shit ghetto.

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85. (ghetto) (4↑, 8↓)
a word wich most white people and even some black and other races use to describe anything they think is cool. or something that isnt perfectly neat, or organized. also many people are called ghetto because they arent preppy, punk, or goth.

sally-want to go to the mall today? emily-i cant, i have to clean my room, its so ghetto amanda- i got a new belt that hass flashing lights on it , its so ghetto\! that new girl, the black one, isnt wearing hollister, shes so ghetto.

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86. (ghetto) (27↑, 31↓)
south Central Los Angeles west and south Chicago Compton Detroit Flint, MI Gary, IN Philadelphia Washington, DC Baltimore Harlem Miami New Orleans Houston south Phoenix Oakland, CA El Paso Camden, NJ Newark Providence, RI Buffalo, NY Cleveland Cincinnati St. Louis in other words, BLACK

Ghetto is the black equivalent of whitetrash.

87. (Ghetto) (14↑, 18↓)
A type of act or location that is usually pointed towards poverty & crime. The location term of Ghetto usually means a loaction known for having poverty & [crime], and is usually home to [Hispanics] and [African Americans]. The act term of Ghetto is usally when someone does something in a way that makes them look like their from the Ghetto.

"You dont want to go in the Ghetto at night unless you want to come out with your body full of bullets" "Nigga that stuff is Ghetto\!" "Yo Koolaid got so much sugar in it, that it's Ghetto"

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88. (ghetto) (28↑, 32↓)
Anything that would not look out of place in world war 2 Warsaw

This train is utterly ghetto But your house is utterly ghetto If I wanted something this ghetto, I'd be in Poland This is more ghetto than the walled areas in World War II Poland

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89. (ghetto) (2↑, 6↓)
1) A word that rich kids use to describe anything that's been marketed to them as out of the inner-city (clothing, cars, music) 2) A word used by rich kids to make themselves seem more hardened to the realities of life.

1. Yo, my new $100 jeans are so ghetto. 2. I'm straight outa the ghetto. My house is so ghetto (as the person points to a large, detached house with a healthy green lawn and flower beds)

90. (ghetto) (1↑, 6↓)
a punk ass word remade by nigger in the hood who think they tough but they all whack ass wanksters.

yo nigga, yo ass is mad ghetto ???

91. (ghetto) (5↑, 10↓)
something that is bad, not cool

ugh, that class was so ghetto

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92. (Ghetto) (14↑, 19↓)
A place where Jews of the middle ages were forced to lived within confinded spaces where heavy taxes were enforced and harsh conditions and persectution forced them to move from place to place. Nowadays its where a large group of inidividuals live, whether through race, religion or thoughts, and therein is the ghetto Also can be a terminology for 'Old school'

Hey Shloime, get out of the ghetto and see the world If you aint from the ghetto, dont come to the fuckin ghetto Shit bro ur top is so ghetto

93. (ghetto) (6↑, 11↓)
noun - Section of the city occupied by a legaly, socially, or economically oppressed group of people. Adjective - a decription of a noun or verb showing neglect or carelessness. adverb - descriptive modification of an action or behavior

n. - I'm trying to get out of the ghetto. (See also Detroit) adj. - dat hooptie is straight ghetto (see older model honda civic, toyota corolla, or any american based vehicle) adv. - dat fool be actin ghetto crazy when he be having his 3rd fourty (see Mel Gibson)

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94. (Ghetto) (13↑, 18↓)
A horribly run "city" where Jews were kept during World War II before being sent off to concentration/death camps. People who say they live in a "ghetto" don't know what the real things are like, they just think they are cool.

Guy 1: I'm so ghetto\! Guy 2: Go die *shoots*

95. (ghetto) (2↑, 7↓)
black wannabe; wiger

"Hey, look at them ghetto kids".

96. (Ghetto) (19↑, 25↓)
1. Place where all the gangsters, pimps, hoes, crackwhores, drug dealers and homeless people live. 2. Term to describe a bad ass person

1. Guy: Where do you live? Drug dealer: Da ghetto foo'\! 2. Guy: Whoa\! He just robbed that hoe\! Drug dealer: He is ghetto fo' sho'\!

97. (ghetto) (1↑, 8↓)
When an impoverished coloured person (generally black,hispanic)living in the [projects] is talking about his neighbour[hood] he refers to a "ghetto"; a ramshackle place with scant electricity and running water. Living in the ghetto is associated with many dangers such as becoming the victim of violent crime (mugging,shooting,stabbing,etc.), or being exposed to drugs or prostitution cartels. Unfortunately most people who live in the ghetto are unable to escape from this life and better themselves because poverty is a viscious cycle. When white people pay for this experience they call it "[camping]" Camping also has many associate dangers such as animal attack,shot by a redneck,etc.

Shaqabar doesn't shower because he lives in the ghetto...he doesn't have running water in his house.

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98. (Ghetto) (2↑, 10↓)
Two Words: Bamboo Earrings. A lot of Spanish girls wear these.

ghetto

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99. (ghetto) (17↑, 25↓)
a place were a true nigga lives, dosen't matter how rich or poor the nigga is.

Obama is going to live in The White House, obama lives in the ghetto

100. (ghetto) (11↑, 19↓)
Gangster, Wangster, Hip Hop, Rap, Smoking, Cigarette, Beer, Drinking, Bling Bling, Chrome, Sagging Pant, "Too" Large T-Shirt, Slang, Uses "Nigga" or "Nigger", Graffiti, Spray Painting

"You niggers are mad slow, sagging your pants and showing off your ugly ass\!" "Bloods and Crips are mad ghetto\!"

101. (Ghetto) (4↑, 12↓)
A word used to define a large, round booty. If you want to be envied by all your friends be sure to get a girl with the biggest best ghetto.

Damn bro check your girls ghetto\! Yeah, I know....

102. (ghetto) (4↑, 13↓)
a person of ill manner who may act in selfishness or udder rudeness, who may dress badly or skimpy, and may talk in a loud bama way

Don't hang around them they is straight ghetto

103. (ghetto) (27↑, 36↓)
Where your mother lives.

Your mom: "Be sure to wear neutral gang colors to school today honey. We don't want your punk ass to get shot in this ghetto."

104. (ghetto) (10↑, 19↓)
area of a city where the land values are comparativley lower than that of the rest of the city

man i live in the ghettos, my house is worth nothing compared to my homies crib

105. (Ghetto) (27↑, 37↓)
Ghetto is just about 60-70% of American's homes and cars. It's either the door must be opened a certain way or the muffler fell off when you put a low profile set of rims on your Geo Metro. Your house could be smaller than your garage or be in a bad part of town. Mainly if any of these 5 things apply to you. 1. You rims and or sound system are worth more than your car. 2. You live in the projects. 3. You hear a drive by more than you hear yourself think. 4. If cops have ever raided your house just to double-check. 5. If you owned a gun before you got into middle school.

1: Dude the cops just raided my houes. 2: What, WTF for? 1: They wanted to make sure I had all my weed smoked. 2: Oh yea I hate that shit 1: We need to get out of this ghetto

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106. (ghetto) (4↑, 15↓)
a soda bottle or something else that you can just pick up somewhere in your house and make something to smoke weed out of. usualy a soda can that you slope inward and punch holes in with a pin.

larry-fuck i forgot my bong. gary-lets make a ghetto.

107. (ghetto) (67↑, 78↓)
Garbage, run down crap.

That Chevy Celebrity is fucking ghetto.

108. (ghetto) (7↑, 19↓)
wearing PJs in public places

wearing PJ pants to South of the Border may elicit comments from the employees such as, "girl, you is ghetto."

109. (ghetto) (4↑, 17↓)
Miss someone's remotes, wearing socks with sandels, and the library

That thing is really ghetto

110. (ghetto) (5↑, 18↓)
wearing PJs in public places

wearing PJ pants to South of the Border may elicit comments from the gold-toothed employees such as, "girl, you is ghetto."

111. (Ghetto) (37↑, 50↓)
A place to avoid, infestation of population. Run down area. Property value = 0. Rapidly increasing among once nice areas.

Son, this was once a nice area but it is now unfortunately turned into the "ghetto"

112. (Ghetto) (7↑, 23↓)
Anything that is sub-par to Oakville's upper bugeois standards. (Unless referencing a booty/boo-tay).

Mississauga is Oakville's bastard child ghetto, since there is no true 'Oakville Ghetto'.

113. (ghetto) (23↑, 40↓)
part of a city where black gangster people live. also known as the hood.

white people don't wanna go to the ghetto becuase their scared of black people.

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114. (ghetto) (24↑, 42↓)
niggardly, but said in a nicer way. adj.

hakeem stole ryan's bike. he's so ghetto.

115. (ghetto) (3↑, 22↓)
a word for some of the coolest ppl u could ever meet\!-(this is coming from one of the whitest non-ghetto girl ever. lol.)-

Omg\! that girl is hella GHETTO\! how sic is that?\!?\!

116. (ghetto) (30↑, 49↓)
A ghetto person is someone who doesn't have any education and culture, and that's why they don't even know how to speak good english and they dont know how to dress well because they dont even have enough money, also that's why they make up these words like "nigga" and "yo" and stuff like that, it's mostly related with african-american people, most of them are poor but they like to show something like a fake gold chain and shirts with money logos, but it's because they have never get money You all ghetto people should go to latin america, europe and even africa, Im sure you'll find that most of the people even if they are poor they are well educated, the money doesnt matter

"nigga" "pimp" they cant even say a sentence without either having a grammatical error or a bad word in it ghetto

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117. (ghetto) (5↑, 25↓)
a town normally in illinois with a lot of people of african american decent. they are very hood and wear there pants below there waste they normally eat fried chicke,cornbred and kool aid. they talk in a gangsta accent and makess up thier own words. you want to be ghetto

Mallard Ridge is so ghetto\! dayumm mallard Ridge be so ghetto

118. (ghetto) (4↑, 25↓)
adj. another word for [cool]. Can be used to describe something you like.

Whoa\! Your new shoes are quite ghetto\!

119. (ghetto) (12↑, 37↓)
1.(noun)A place usually called the "hood" Usually populated with African Americans & latinos. 2.(adjetive)A person who is wearing Gucci, Proda, Fendi, Adona...(ect.) usually a female. 3.(adjetive)A person from the hood who acts like a gangsta or have lived in the hood. 3(adjetive)Laid-back

1.Lets go up to Chi-Town(Chicago)ghetto or down to ATL(atlanta)ghetto for the summer. 2.My Addidas is looking right with my matching Fendi purse...(friend says)thats what I'm talking about ghetto girl\! 3.ghetto people-Kanye West...Mase...J Lo...And most popularly 50 CENT. 4. Laid-back ghetto people- Jiggaman(jayZ a.k.a Hov/hova) 4.Trina's hood side.

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120. (ghetto) (29↑, 58↓)
Cheap-o generic.

Did you see those new Indiana liscence plates? Damn they ghetto\!

121. (ghetto) (30↑, 62↓)
using old things in new ways

using a broken hockey stick as a trash sweeper when your a janitor. spelling alright aiite. spelling of uv

122. (ghetto) (20↑, 53↓)
1)opposite of the meaning pimp; to have or see something unappealing.

"man dat shit iz ghetto"

123. (ghetto) (23↑, 57↓)
a run down area of the city. every one who lives in winnipeg knows that gordon bell school is ghetto.

man gordon bell is sooo ghetto\!

124. (ghetto) (6↑, 41↓)
hot piece of ass (aka Bri)

If you wanna see the Ghetto, you're just gonna have to WK and see for yourself.

125. (ghetto) (16↑, 52↓)
meaning: stupid, queer, retarted, dumb, and otherwise not cool. it's one of the dumbest words ever thought of

Bush is so friggin' ghetto\!\!\!

126. (ghetto) (55↑, 98↓)
When something is tacky/awful/cheap or just [ass] it usually is ghetto. Can apply to a person/place/thing as well.

Snowman: Lets get big-8 Rootbeer Coady: That so ghetto Tycho: Man what is she wearing? YoNoid: looks pretty ghetto to me

127. (ghetto) (32↑, 88↓)
basically meaning black or relating to the black culture

Person 1-yo look at what those ghetto kids are wearin Person 2-yea i know, their shorts are so fuckin low that they could be pants

128. (ghetto) (67↑, 127↓)
(n.) - cheap, dirty, low, run down houses, often the "projects" of the inner-city (adj.) - relating to the poor life, just doing what you need to survive (adj.) middle class white kid talk for hip, cool or happening

1. It was hard, but I soon got a record deal and got my momma outta the ghetto. 2. Drinking "red" kool-aid while listening to Tupac and driving a ford with gold rims is ghetto. 3. Hey Charlie, your new American Eagle sweatshirt is soo ghetto\!\!

129. (ghetto) (27↑, 97↓)
Someone or something that is very cool,different,stands out or is just plain sick. (Sick in a good way).

What Bob did the other day was mad ghetto\!

130. (ghetto) (25↑, 104↓)
(adj.) Middle-class speak for cool, hip, now, happenin'.

Word. That backpack is so ghetto\! Where did you get it? At the Ghap? No [man]\! I got it at [AE]\!

131. (ghetto) (170↑, 256↓)
It once meant where the Jews used to live in WWII Germany. Now it means an area of a city that, due to lack of income pouring in or loss of jobs or businesses moving out, crumbles away from lack of maintenence. Because no well-to-do people wish to live in such deplorable conditions, they move out, and the poor people move in, and as a result, the crime and death rate rises in the area due to people fighting each other over money-related problems.

Ghettos are a natural byproduct of rapid city growth and changes in technology.

Related: hood, black, gangsta, gangster, nigger, poor, nigga, rap, slang, drugs, white, thug, urban, cool, cheap, wigger, projects, booty, bitch, slum, pimp, stupid, shit, white trash, ass, crime, gay, city, getto, gang, mexican, sex, dirty, ebonics, awesome, weed, gangs, redneck, slut, trash
Last updated: 2012.02.29

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  • ghetto — (del italiano; pronunciamos gueto ) sustantivo masculino 1. Gueto. gueto o ghetto sustantivo masculino 1. Barrio de una ciudad donde vivían o eran obligados a vivir los judíos: el gueto de Varsovia …   Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española

  • ghetto — ► NOUN (pl. ghettos or ghettoes) 1) a part of a city, especially a slum area, occupied by a minority group. 2) historical the Jewish quarter in a city. DERIVATIVES ghettoize (also ghettoise) verb. ORIGIN perhaps from Italia …   English terms dictionary

  • Ghetto — (ital), in den großen italienischen u. orientalischen Städten das Gassenquartier, worin früher die Juden Abends eingeschlossen wurden …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Ghetto — Ghetto, s. Getto …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Ghetto — (ital.), s. Judenviertel …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Ghetto — Ghetto, ital., das ehemals Nachts geschlossene Judenquartier in den ital. Städten …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • ghetto — / get:o/ s.m. [dal venez. ghèto, indicante dapprima un getto , cioè una fonderia, divenuto in seguito il nome del quartiere assegnato (nel 1516) agli Ebrei come dimora coatta]. 1. [quartiere abitato in maggioranza da Ebrei] ▶◀ (ant.) giudecca. 2 …   Enciclopedia Italiana

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