ghetto 

(n.) - cheap, dirty, low, run down houses, often the "projects" of the inner-city
(adj.) - relating to the poor life, just doing what you need to survive
(adj.) middle class white kid talk for hip, cool or happening

1. It was hard, but I soon got a record deal and got my momma outta the ghetto.
2. Drinking "red" kool-aid while listening to Tupac and driving a ford with gold rims is ghetto.
3. Hey Charlie, your new American Eagle sweatshirt is soo ghetto!!

ghetto by Hot Boyz April 9, 2003

Ghetto 

A horribly run "city" where Jews were kept during World War II before being sent off to concentration/death camps. People who say they live in a "ghetto" don't know what the real things are like, they just think they are cool.

Guy 1: I'm so ghetto!
Guy 2: Go die *shoots*

Ghetto by Superbeast May 31, 2006

ghetto 

Ghetto is derived from parents naming their children something like "Dolly"

You can walk through the ghetto and know peoples names without asking them:

*Dolly
*Tonio
*Lafonda
*Tyrisha
*Quamisha
*Fofisha
*Bobisha
*Kanisha
*Kryshel

ghetto by Drock;; May 12, 2009

ghetto 

part of a city where black gangster people live. also known as the hood.

white people don't wanna go to the ghetto becuase their scared of black people.

ghetto by ray3524612761 December 28, 2005

Ghetto 

A state of mind in which people believe that being poor and armed adds to their social status.

Holly is very ghetto.

Ghetto by Eli,b February 4, 2010

Ghetto 

A place where Jews of the middle ages were forced to lived within confinded spaces where heavy taxes were enforced and harsh conditions and persectution forced them to move from place to place.

Nowadays its where a large group of inidividuals live, whether through race, religion or thoughts, and therein is the ghetto

Also can be a terminology for 'Old school'

Hey Shloime, get out of the ghetto and see the world

If you aint from the ghetto, dont come to the fuckin ghetto

Shit bro ur top is so ghetto

Ghetto by dusttt October 16, 2006

Ghetto 

A historic apartment building located on the east bank of the University of Minnesota, in Minneapolis. This buliding was officially completed on January 19th, 1893. It is inhabited mostly by the talented student athletes of the University, along with a few random exceptions. It is the home to not only people, but also a plethora of animals, insects, and raging parties. It is known to be haunted and infectious with the black plague.

"is that a squirrel?"
"Is this the ghetto?"
"is this porch connected to the building?"

Ghetto by theblackdeath January 6, 2013