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ghettoblaster

A boombox, a portable stereo system capable of playing radio stations or recorded music at relatively high volume.

Ghettoblaster is a term that can be considered insulting or complimentary depending on the context. The word originated in the US, apparently reflecting the belief that they are popular in poor inner-city neighborhoods (ghettos), especially those populated by black Americans. Ghettoblaster rather than boom box became the common term in the UK and Australia for large portable stereos, perhaps because it carried less meaning.

The term carries a connotation of power and disregard of social rules.

The word is racially inflammatory in some circumstances but has also been embraced as a term of black, urban pride — and, like many such terms, has been adopted by parts of the non-black American community. It is used as the name of at least one magazine and one recording company, and is also a popular stereotype element typically associated with funk, hip-hop and rap, African-American culture, '70s and '80s culture, breakdancing, and even racist jokes.

In the film Do The Right Thing by Spike Lee, a dispute over a ghettoblaster is a central role in the culminating riot.

by Brian Harvey May 26, 2006

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ghettoblaster

The dumbass version of ghetto blaster.

by yo mutha August 15, 2003

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ghettoblaster

the act of pissing in a girls ass.

No one expects the ghettoblaster!

She wouldn't let him give her the shocker, so he unleashed the ghettoblaster.

by [root] January 15, 2007

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ghettoblaster

an early use of the germans. a different name that the germans used for the boom box.

hey man, lets to go the party and listen to tha ghettoblaster.

by k dizzle fo shizzle December 8, 2005

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Ghettoblasted Electromotronicfied

when your all wacked out on LSD and Exctasy at the same time. Giving you a Ghetto Blasted Electric Tronicfied Experience of a lifetime.

Lets get Ghettoblasted electromotronicfied

by Micah#1 June 11, 2008


Ghettoblastered

When you jam a $5,000 stereo system into your $150.00 Suzuki Samurai.

Mandy ripped out the back seat of her 1990 Chevy mini crew cab pick up and jammed a $3,000 stereo system into her $200.00 vehicle. She Ghettoblastered that mini pickup truck, too.

by Mauser'sDaDa September 5, 2020