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  • Sarahundefined Offline
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    Its a fucking socket wrench.
    The correct way to use the word ratchet would be, Wow, this ratchet is so useful.

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      : n. type of socket wrench

      : adj. a horrific mispronunciation of wretched

      This mispronunciation has taken on the meaning of severely ghetto and stupid, esp. when used on a girl/woman

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        One of the most epic Transformers, he is yellow-ish and pretty much the brains of Optimus Primes group.

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          Ratchet is If Ghetto and Hot Shitty Mess had a baby, and that baby had no father, and became a stripper, then made a sex tape with an athlete, then became a reality star!
          Basically Ratchet is a term for someone who is such a ghetto/slutty/ugly/trashy hot mess that you have to use a word that doesnt even technically apply because what you are seeing is such a mess that it goes beyond any normal description.

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            A Ghettoized form of the word Wretched: very unhappy, ill, etc.: very bad or unpleasant: very poor in quality or ability.
            Popularized by American waste-of-space (See: Rapper) Lil Boosie in his song Ratchet in which Boozie, aka Torrence Hatch, describes many of the foul people he encountered in his underprivledged life before being incarcerated for drug possession. He is currently a drain on the American taxpayer.
            The term Ratchet is now used in excess by dumb, middle-class, white girls in an attempt to escape their mundane lives by pretending to be in touch with the Hood. These tween cum stains are under the impression that their generation has, yet again, created something new and hip. Little do they know, the term Ratched is merely the latest example of a high school drop out using a mixture of phonetics and ebonics to create cock-ups of legitimate English words.
            These tween morons are exactly the type of nimrod that Lil Boozie would have tried to sell codeine to outside of the local mall.

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              adj. a term for someone who is either 1. a whore 2. dirty/nasty 3. ghetto as HELL 4. being annoying 5. busted

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                another name for a socket wrench

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                  A ratchet is a mechanical device that allows continuous linear or rotary motion in only one direction while preventing motion in the opposite direction. Though something of a misnomer, ratchet is also often used to refer to ratcheting socket wrenches, a common tool with a ratcheting handle.

                  A character in the Transformers franchise. (Seriously?)

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                    A pawl, click, or detent, for holding or propelling a
                    ratchet wheel, or ratch, etc.

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                      A ghetto-dialect mispronunciation of [the English] [term] [wretched].

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                        a galactic space [lombax] that has saved over 50 [galaxies] along with a robot named [Clank].

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                          The mispronouncing of the word [WRETCHED]
                          *of [poor] [quality]; very bad

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                            A type of wrench used to [crank down] or [unscrew] [nuts and bolts].

                            The word wretched as spelled and pronounced by the uneducated.

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                              a tool, such as a socket wrench
                              (corruption of wretched), derogatory hip-hop slang for an unpopular, obese, average-looking, rude, closet poly, hip-hop person, usually a welfare client with children from multiple parents, substance abuse problems and a narcissistic personality disorder, hence the multiple partners and nightclub brawling. Often wears ill-fitting leggings, torn fishnet hose and a loose, matted [hair weave] in a bright color. Extra income may come from multiple partners, begging and/or prostitution, due to hir poverty. Term is often hypocritically used by similar speakers. Warning! This term is a racial stereotype, sexist fat and [slut-shaming] speech and may provoke ethnic violence from target.
                              hip-hop slang for gun, knife, or assaulting someone. See meanings 1 and 2.
                              Science fiction video game character from [Ratchet

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                                A device consisting of a bar or wheel with a set of angled teeth in which a cog or tooth engages, allowing motion in one direction only.

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                                • Sarahundefined Sarah

                                  Ratchet is If Ghetto and Hot Shitty Mess had a baby, and that baby had no father, and became a stripper, then made a sex tape with an athlete, then became a reality star!
                                  Basically Ratchet is a term for someone who is such a ghetto/slutty/ugly/trashy hot mess that you have to use a word that doesnt even technically apply because what you are seeing is such a mess that it goes beyond any normal description.

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                                  @Sarah Wow thanks for the info. I got a lot to learn, I guess!

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