Ghetto

1) to talk with only slang terms and inproper english

2) now more commonly a state of being, without pride or dignity.
1) did you talk to their child? he's so ghetto.

2) you went to private school, stop trying to be so ghetto.
by jamcracker26 February 16, 2010
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(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!!
by Hot Boyz April 09, 2003
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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*
by Superbeast May 29, 2006
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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
by Drock;; May 13, 2009
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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.
by ray3524612761 November 24, 2005
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Ghetto

A state of mind in which people believe that being poor and armed adds to their social status.
Holly is very ghetto.
by Eli,b February 04, 2010
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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

by dusttt October 16, 2006
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