Ghetto
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word which rich white girls use to describe almost everything thats not clad with lilly polos and pearls.
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(n.) A quarantined section of the city where the Jews were forced to live during WWII Germany.
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projects; run down homes or parts of towns or cities
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A section of a city to which an entire ethnic or economically depressed group is is restricted; as by poverty or social pressure.
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- Yelling at your boo in the middle of the street
- Using the walkie-talkie feature on your cell to discuss personal drama in order to save minutes
- Dressing for work like you are going to the club
- Wearing house slippers outside the house
- Taking pride in being broke
- Flashing money you don't have instead of making your money last.
- Having a new ride with large chrome rims but don't have a job.
- Wearing your same clothes 5 days in a row but keeping them clean and pressed.
- Running from the cops for no reseaon just to see if they can catch you......
This list could be pages long...
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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 -
a run down poor side of town or when something is jerry-rigged and looks like it was made in ahalf-assed fashion.
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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.
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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.
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A part of a city, especially a slum area, occupied by a minority group or groups.
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A poor urban area occupied primarily by a minority group or groups.
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