ghetto

It once meant where the Jews used to live in WWII Germany. Now it means an area of a city that, due to lack of income pouring in or loss of jobs or businesses moving out, crumbles away from lack of maintenence. Because no well-to-do people wish to live in such deplorable conditions, they move out, and the poor people move in, and as a result, the crime and death rate rises in the area due to people fighting each other over money-related problems.

Ghettos are a natural byproduct of rapid city growth and changes in technology.

by AYB April 1, 2003

ghetto

someone something thats poor or in bad condition hood

"man that b-ball is fuckin ghetto" "you still livin in the ghetto"

by big-b December 24, 2005

ghetto

n. Student neighborhood in the University of Dayton.

I'm going to go get plastered in the ghetto tonight.

by tekk June 26, 2005

ghetto

a name for a poor meet up place

wot up bro meet me at da ghetto in 5

by ghettogangsta2 June 23, 2005

Ghetto

A place to avoid, infestation of population. Run down area. Property value = 0. Rapidly increasing among once nice areas.

Son, this was once a nice area but it is now unfortunately turned into the "ghetto"

by En Cee April 24, 2003

ghetto

1. Run down.

2. What high school jocks think they are.

3. What 75% of white kids think they are.

In your entry, link to other words using square brackets

by DJ-BILLZ May 16, 2005

ghetto

south Central Los Angeles
west and south Chicago
Compton
Detroit
Flint, MI
Gary, IN
Philadelphia
Washington, DC
Baltimore
Harlem
Miami
New Orleans
Houston
south Phoenix
Oakland, CA
El Paso
Camden, NJ
Newark
Providence, RI
Buffalo, NY
Cleveland
Cincinnati
St. Louis

in other words, BLACK

Ghetto is the black equivalent of whitetrash.

by [e-mail] August 4, 2007