A term ghetto people use to describe other ghetto people.
Ghetto girl one: I can see yo coochie hanging out your shorts, you ratchet.
Ghetto girl two: Says the girl who sucks dick for food stamps!! YOU ratchet.
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A word that people use to call something "ghetto" or the equivalent of "ghetto".

The irony lies in that 95% of the time, a "ghetto" person is using the word.
Person 1: She so ratchet gurl.
Person 2: Oh the irony.
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The mispronouncing of the word WRETCHED

*of poor quality; very bad
"These hoes be too ratchet-"

"Just stop! The word is wretched."
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Miley Cyrus is ratchet. She thinks She can "twerk" and thinks she is from "the hood".
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1. A type of tool
2. A female "wannabe"
3. A person (usually female) who thinks she is cool, but she is not.
4. A derogatory term to describe a female who thinks she is young, thin, fashionable, or intelligent but who is not.
Origin: An ebonic vernacular term coined from the word "wretched." Origin: Made popular by rapper Lil' Boosie in his song "Ratchet" whose subject is the poor and wretched. The term has been picked up by the mainstream teenage culture.
"She thinks her clothes make her hot, but she's ratchet."
"Mom, dating that guy my age is just ratchet." e.g. from "Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce"
"Look at that ratchet with the bad hairdo and torn fishnets sucking up to the guy in the Porsche. That's just ratchet."
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1. A type of wrench used to crank down or unscrew nuts and bolts.

2. The word "wretched" as spelled and pronounced by the uneducated.
1: That girl is hella ratchet!..

2: No. You mean to say she's "wretched". Ratchet is a type of wrench. Another acceptable word you could've used is "skanky" or "whorish."
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The Medical Officer from Transformers, not a disgusting human being.
Optimus Prime "My Medical Officer, Ratchet." Ratchet "Hmm, the boys pheromone level suggests he wants to mate with the female." Transformers 1, when the other autobots arrive.
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