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stiletto in the ghetto

Popular expression in Dublin, Ireland for the piece of commemorative art set up to mark the passing of the second millennium CE: a steel spike approximately 400 feet high, rising out of a traffic island in the centre of the dual thoroughfare of O'Connell Street on the north bank of the Liffey. It is circular in cross section, ten feet across at the base and decorated near street level with wavy frosted/reflective shapes, tapering to about ten inches at the tip, lit with a ring of red lights halfway up and a stream of white ones at the top. It takes the place of a removed statue of the figure of Anna Livia (female symbol of the River Liffey) in a fountain, previously known as the "floozie in the jacuzzi." The Spike is also known as the Spike on the Dike and/or the Stiffey on the Liffey. It is popularly supposed to be a monument to the street's night-time heroin addicts, although an alternative explanation would be that it is a symbolic memo spike for Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Bertie Aherne's hotel bills. In case anyone tries flying a jetliner into it a la 9/11, it is purely a metal spike, not an inhabited building; there isn't even a public elevator and observation deck like there is on the Eiffel Tower, or anything. Still, in a certain summer evening light it can have a certain surreal charm.
The stiletto in the ghetto isn't bad, but I think the crane they used to haul it up looked waaay better.
stiletto in the ghetto by Fearman December 10, 2007

The Ghetto Behind the Netto

Athersley North, South Yorkshire, England.
So called because of the massive Netto supermarket just south of it.
1. John says he's from the Ghetto...
2. Yeah, the Ghetto behind the Netto more like...

Crip Ghetto

"Crip Ghetto" is the slang term that the Disability Community has given to nursing homes and mental institutions due to the fact that alot of Persons With Disabilities (Cripples or Crippled) live in nursing homes and mental institutions.
My best friend is living in a "Crip Ghetto" because my best friend is a quadriplegic person.
Crip Ghetto by Legit-PWD January 18, 2011

wannabe ghetto 

Wannabe ghetto female- a female who never lived in the ghetto,but acts as if she has been in the ghetto all her life. She will only deal with males that are currently residing in the projects. She will reject her family morals, values, education, and the upbringing of self respect.
A female that grew up in middle-class suburbia decided. That her lifestyle was boring and uneventful. So she decided to start hanging out with the Misfits of her school. Her classmates that she decided we're more interesting because they were of low-income and there was always some form of hardship excitement. So she begin to fabricate her lifestyle in order to fit in with

them because that's what she felt was the

real world so she became a wannabe ghetto female.
wannabe ghetto by live wire May 11, 2014

goth vs. emo vs. chav vs. detroit ghetto 

Emo is basically the bottom of the food chain here.
Emos hate themselves, goths hate everyone else.
A Chav is a british wigger, they are also recognizably stupid.
A Detroit Ghetto is a black person who carries more weapons and drugs then his coat can fit.
Goths are all black. Emos are goths with circus colors and an estrogen overdose. Goths are actually bigger life haters then emos but they have balls and deal with shit.
In the united kingdom Chavs and Emos are rivals
The Chav is picking on the Emo and a goth comes by, so the Chav thinks 'Oh, another Emo' so the Chav attempts to pick on the Goth who takes out a half inch syringe and proceeds to beat the living hell out of the Chav. After the Chav is dead from pinstab wounds the Emo praises the Goth like they are holy or something. Then the Goth who is totally annoyed fills the syringe with yellow asbestos liquid and leaves a small air pocket. Then says it's Heroin and sends the Emo off who dies several seconds later. Then the Detroit Ghetto guy walks in and then opens his coat which a rocket launcher is hidden in takes out a bag of cocaine but is actually sweet and low. In the end the Goth is dead and the Detroit Ghetto goes back home and then a team of fat and vice cops investigate and 6 months later they can only speculate that it was a homicide.
Goth Vs. Emo Vs. Chav Vs. Detroit Ghetto

Golden Ghetto 

a glossy, high end urban area that is still bascially dysfunctional and jaded.
Melrose Place comes to mind. As opposed to a traditional 'ghetto' community that is destroyed by poverty, the golden ghetto's problems stem from excess
Golden Ghetto by THC July 1, 2004