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Definition of ghetto
ghetto 
adjective
- of superior quality, excellent; "cool".
Man, his shit is ghetto!
This girl is so ghetto.
This definition is questionable and is pending deletion. It will be saved from deletion if legitimate citations are found.Dem boys so friggin ghetto!
Dat car is so motha fucking GHETTO.
Im so friggin GHETTO!
U so ghetto.
- See more words with the same meaning: good, okay, cool, awesome, fun.
Last edited on May 11 2013. Submitted by Kayla Reilly from CA, USA on Dec 01 1997.
- of poor quality or poor looking.
That shirt is so ghetto.
Your mom is ghetto.
- See more words with the same meaning: bad, poor, sucks, common, generally displeasing.
Last edited on May 02 2013. Submitted by Erin L. from College of William and Mary, USA on Nov 19 1998.
- dirty or unpresentable.
Homie, why are you wearing those ugly shoes? You're ghetto.
Man dude. Yo hair today so ghetto.
- See more words with the same meaning: a mess.
Last edited on Apr 25 2013. Submitted by snapper from El Monte, CA, USA on Jun 25 1999.
- old, broken, worn out.
That stereo is ghetto, man!
- See more words with the same meaning: broken.
Last edited on Jan 14 2000. Submitted by kim from PA, USA on Jan 14 2000.
- classless.
Man, some people are so ghetto.
Madea is so ghetto.
Last edited on Apr 27 2013. Submitted by Anonymous on May 31 2012.
noun
- the poor part of town.
- See more words with the same meaning: neighborhood.
Last edited on Apr 01 2006. Submitted by blah b. on Apr 01 2006.
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Other terms relating to 'a mess': | |
| Definitions include: acronym of "all fucked up." | |
| Definitions include: confused, ruined; "messed up". | |
| Definitions include: a drunken event/night of epic proportions. | |
| Definitions include: very good, excellent; "cool". | |
| Definitions include: the noun senses of "crap" are mostly a subset of the uses of "shit." | |
| Definitions include: a chaotic event. | |
| Definitions include: Acronym for "situation normal, all fucked up." | |
| Definitions include: to look disorderly, undesirable. | |
| Definitions include: A mess, a really bad situation. | |
| Definitions include: Most uses of "shit" also work with "crap", except where noted below. | |
| Definitions include: US Army phonetics for "CF", an acronym of cluster fuck. | |
| Definitions include: messy, trashy, or dilapidated. | |
| Definitions include: to use one or more kludges (as described in the noun sense) to solve a problem. | |
| Definitions include: strange, stupid; "weird". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "God awful mess". | |
Other terms relating to 'bad, poor, sucks, common, generally displeasing': | |
| Definitions include: old-fashioned; unstylish. | |
| Definitions include: inadequate, displeasing, or of poor quality. | |
| Definitions include: something displeasing. | |
| Definitions include: displeasing; of poor quality; bad. | |
| Definitions include: the noun senses of "crap" are mostly a subset of the uses of "shit." | |
| Definitions include: to be bad or displeasing. | |
| Definitions include: suspicious; "shady". | |
| Definitions include: displeasing; UNCOOL. | |
| Definitions include: inadequate, displeasing, or of poor quality. | |
| Definitions include: a lower-quality version of something. | |
| Definitions include: run down or impoverished. | |
| Definitions include: a system that was created by hacking it up over time. | |
| Definitions include: bad. Possible origin: Shakespeare's Hamlet. | |
| Definitions include: of poor quality, displeasing. | |
| Definitions include: nonsense. | |
Other terms relating to 'broken': | |
| Definitions include: an unkempt person. | |
| Definitions include: to break or ruin. | |
| Definitions include: Past tense of "screw". | |
| Definitions include: disturbing. | |
| Definitions include: interesting, strange; "weird". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "fuck you". | |
| Definitions include: Messed up, wrong, not working correctly. | |
| Definitions include: to cause a mechanism to stop functioning, or function more slowly. | |
| Definitions include: great. | |
| Definitions include: to destroy. | |
| Definitions include: broken; messed up; "fucked up". | |
| Definitions include: to ruin writable optical media via a write ("burn") attempt which fails. | |
| Definitions include: all screwed up. | |
| Definitions include: to stop working. | |
| Definitions include: unwanted optical media (e.g. CDs) received as junk mail. | |
Other terms relating to 'good, okay, cool, awesome, fun': | |
| Definitions include: notably excellent or of superior quality. | |
| Definitions include: extreme; wild; awesome. | |
| Definitions include: excellent. | |
| Definitions include: Cool as hell, crazy, unbelievable, highly agreeable. | |
| Definitions include: very good, excellent; "cool", "awesome". | |
| Definitions include: to be okay; not a big concern. | |
| Definitions include: backronym for "cool". | |
| Definitions include: very good, excellent, cool. | |
| Definitions include: tight cool sweet. etc. also nice something is nice. | |
| Definitions include: a ride of excitement or great fun. | |
| Definitions include: "sweet" + "righteous". | |
| Definitions include: a male talented in attracting females. | |
| Definitions include: Cool, wicked, etc. | |
| Definitions include: The shit, cool awesome. | |
| Definitions include: good, excellent, fun; "cool". | |
Other terms relating to 'neighborhood': | |
| Definitions include: one's home neighborhood. | |
| Definitions include: the area claimed by a person, group, gang, etc. | |
| Definitions include: the area of a city with a concentration of businesses that cater to a largely homosexual client base. | |
| Definitions include: shortened form of "neighborhood." | |
| Definitions include: lacking excitement or people; "boring". | |
Slang terms with the same root words
Other terms relating to 'ghetto': | |
| Definitions include: a large ass. | |
| Definitions include: a police helicopter using a spotlight. | |
| Definitions include: a portable box stereo system, typically furnished with radio, cassette player, and CD player. | |
| Definitions include: extremely large buttocks. | |
| Definitions include: a hair brush used by hoochies. | |
| Definitions include: ghetto on the outskirts of a city. Compare with ghetto | |
| Definitions include: group of stray dogs that wander a minority neighborhood. | |
| Definitions include: an automobile of the type stereotypically found in "ghetto" areas. | |
| Definitions include: tacky; gaudy; sleazy; marked by showing lack of style;. | |
| Definitions include: A poor woman that leaches off of you. | |
| Definitions include: to overly stuff something; when relating to a car - to pack full of people. | |
| Definitions include: A beat up car, with the paint coming off. | |
| Definitions include: Drums and Bass techno music. | |
| Definitions include: a poor area. | |
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