A safe and pleasant dwelling within a low-income neighborhood. Often characterized by friendly inhabitants, decent curb appeal and incredibly low rent.
by BJSR July 13, 2011
Get the Ghettoasis mug.The doctrine of questionable practices such as income tax & welfare fraud, cable television theft, offspring identity theft, narcotics and weapon trafficking, and the display of counterfeit mecrchandise apprarel and accessories, to name some examples.
'Shequa is a victim of ghettonomics, in which she's forced to use her 3 year old daughter's social security number to get utlities, claim additional kids to increase her state benefits, in order to sell the food benefits for .50 on the dollar for cash to cop a elbow of chronic to sell, since she's got piyli and can't get a regular job. Chances are, she'll end up at the swap meet trying to buy a knock off Doonie & Burke or Coach purse.
by TechieThugg July 25, 2008
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A photo that has been either:
a) edited in a backwards program like MS Paint
or
b) edited to clumsily add text like 'Bling' 'gangsta' 'xscenex' or crude effects
or
c) edited in a roundabout or rough way by someone unfamiliar with Photoshop tools.
a) edited in a backwards program like MS Paint
or
b) edited to clumsily add text like 'Bling' 'gangsta' 'xscenex' or crude effects
or
c) edited in a roundabout or rough way by someone unfamiliar with Photoshop tools.
by bobyay March 1, 2009
Get the ghettoshopped mug.To lower the class of a situation, person or place. To make something more poor in taste or social status.
by dbmetter July 30, 2009
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Let’s take a little road-trip to ‘git down’ in Los Ghettos and grab ourselves some long overdue R and R!
by Dr Bunnygirl June 1, 2021
Get the Los Ghettos mug.Language commonly affiliated with blacks, usually heard in the ghetto, hood, projects, local K-mart, etc. Mainly derived from blacks to code and hide their conversations, much like the creation of leetspeak.
A typical ghettospeak conversation:
Tyrone: Aye, lil J , we be gettin our whip game propa at da club tonite niggah?
Lil J: Yeh son daym, we gon get hyphy up in that bizzitch, muh nug!
Quentin: Foo! When we be rollin' out of dis bitch?!
Lil J: HAIL FOO! You in some hurry? Axe Tyrone main.
etc.
Tyrone: Aye, lil J , we be gettin our whip game propa at da club tonite niggah?
Lil J: Yeh son daym, we gon get hyphy up in that bizzitch, muh nug!
Quentin: Foo! When we be rollin' out of dis bitch?!
Lil J: HAIL FOO! You in some hurry? Axe Tyrone main.
etc.
by couragealex July 23, 2009
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The governmental media driven advertisement of ghetto life as a cool,fulfilling lifestyle choice.It uses the most effective forms of advertisement;movies, music and fashion and the purpose is not only to normalize the inhumane and cruel state of poverty but to glamourize it.Treating the ghetto as a product instead of as a social ill has created a fascination and desire in many to waste their lives in circumstances that were previously viewed as abhorrent like living under constant threats of violence,hunger,dilapidated housing,being silenced by fear and police brutality.Ghettotisment encourages people to make poor choices such as forgoing an education in favor of gang-life.It promotes loyalty to gang brothers but rejects meaningful romantic relationships.The bros before hos credo have young men embracing their brother and prostituting their women.Pimping, sexual and physical abuse and misuse of women are made to appear daring and sexy.Uncontrolled rage and violence,thuggery,car-jacking,armed robbery are stuff that makes a hero.Prison time has turned into the standard boy-to-man right of passage.Millions of innocent people are lured into criminal controlled neighborhoods fraught with cop-killers, recalcitrants,extortionists and gangs that prey on them. Rioting,looting,domestic terrorism and immoral codes of conduct are aplauded.Murder is commonplace.Ghettotisement creates mass acceptance of criminal militia forces controlling vast sections of cities.
The governmental media driven advertisement of ghetto life as a cool,fulfilling lifestyle choice.It uses the most effective forms of advertisement;movies, music and fashion and the purpose is not only to normalize the inhumane and cruel state of poverty but to glamourize it.Treating the ghetto as a product instead of as a social ill has created a fascination and desire in many to waste their lives in circumstances that were previously viewed as abhorrent like living under constant threats of violence,hunger,dilapidated housing,being silenced by fear and police brutality.Ghettotisment encourages people to make poor choices such as forgoing an education in favor of gang-life.It promotes loyalty to gang brothers but rejects meaningful romantic relationships.The bros before hos credo have young men embracing their brother and prostituting their women.Pimping, sexual and physical abuse and misuse of women are made to appear daring and sexy.Uncontrolled rage and violence,thuggery,car-jacking,armed robbery are stuff that makes a hero.Prison time has turned into the standard boy-to-man right of passage.Millions of innocent people are lured into criminal controlled neighborhoods fraught with cop-killers, recalcitrants,extortionists and gangs that prey on them. Rioting,looting,domestic terrorism and immoral codes of conduct are aplauded.Murder is commonplace.Ghettotisement creates mass acceptance of criminal militia forces controlling vast sections of cities.
by Dragonlady58 March 7, 2021
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