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
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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.
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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!
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adj. referring to a cheaper version of something
ghetto milk- adding milk to the last bit to make it last longer
ghetto wallet- a ziploc bag with money in it
ghetto i pod- a CD player or even better, a walkman
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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-.....
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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
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