1. a place where people are barely getting by in life.
2. a term used for something not on the same status as you.
3. a term used for a rundown object
1. I feel sorry for that guy, he lives in the ghetto.
2. " Oh my god that outfit is ghetto"
3. That binder is ghetto.
by Katerina Stevens May 14, 2006
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adjective.

substandard & undesirable (like an impoverished and unmaintained neighborhood).
by daddybearluvsyou March 3, 2010
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Anything that would not look out of place in world war 2 Warsaw
This train is utterly ghetto
But your house is utterly ghetto
If I wanted something this ghetto, I'd be in Poland
This is more ghetto than the walled areas in World War II Poland
by Matthew Garrett October 20, 2005
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ok lemme qive yu da defination of :

ghetto: a lifestyle influenced by mostly musiq,clothinq,people,etc ; bad ass motherfucker ; trashy shit ;people label this as beinq black only.no it's not about being blk....blk people were the first ones to be qhetto but itz not bout being just blk...everyone shuld be who they fuckin' want to be..ok if a hispanic person wanna be qhetto cuz they think their culture is wack & think that beinq qhetto isx better to them then i think it'sz there choice.COlOR doesn't mean anything .Wats the difference ? i mean if a blk person want act like their proper...then that's they want to be ! . color shouldn't stop you from being yourself.pleaze dont qive me that excuse that beinq proper is better then beinq qhetto.qhetto iz not bout beinq someone..it'z just the way you live.im tired of people saying you have to be blk or hispanic to be qhetto.damn qet a life or something instead of judqinq ; only god can judqe me ; disagree wit me if you want i dont give a f*** .
im a hispanic dat luk "white" but im labeled as "qhetto" cuz of the way i talk and act and dress.im not tryna be blk.it'sz just a lifestyle im livinqq cuz i live around da ghetto.to be honest ; i dont label myself as anything.i know im not qhetto,preppy,qanqsta,emo,goth,etc.im ME .
by diZ iZ lanii =] May 10, 2009
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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
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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
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