noun: get-toe ten-dan-sees
The overwhelming compulsions that drive otherwise civilized people to do stupid things that they KNOW are just plain ghetto. Usually harbored by non-ghetto folks who have had early (perhaps childhood) exposure to the ghetto/hood/projects. Some believe that this phenomenon supports the theory that, “you can take people out of the hood, but you can’t take the hood out of people”.
The overwhelming compulsions that drive otherwise civilized people to do stupid things that they KNOW are just plain ghetto. Usually harbored by non-ghetto folks who have had early (perhaps childhood) exposure to the ghetto/hood/projects. Some believe that this phenomenon supports the theory that, “you can take people out of the hood, but you can’t take the hood out of people”.
Person 1: Did you see that congresswoman from Georgia, Cynthia McKinney? Dat chick punched the shit outta that cop at the capitol!
Person 2: Ghetto tendencies, dawg. Ghetto-ass tendencies!
Person 2: Ghetto tendencies, dawg. Ghetto-ass tendencies!
by hobitkilla May 30, 2006
Get the ghetto tendencies mug.When you are at the ER and you need to admit a patient to a ward with telemetry surveilance but there just isnt one availiable, you resort to ghetto telemetry: POX-meter and the patient hooked up to the ECG with the nurse ready to print a snapshot every time the heartrate drops below a threshhold with 0.5ml atropine ready at hand.
Doc!! the all the heart telemetry monitors are in use, what do we do?! calm down! Hook him up to a Ghetto Telemetry!
by Dorre August 26, 2007
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"javon got the windows shot out of robbs mountaineer, so robb had to put in some ghetto tints for the time being"
by cray36 March 27, 2009
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by Bob k. garf June 24, 2010
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Andrew Young's pro Wal-mart statements were criticized because of the racial element, but he was simply and correctly talking about one form of the "ghetto tax".
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That lowered Escalade with the chrome spinners and dark tinted windows is cool, but the fact that the front left fender is painted primer grey and looks like it's fresh from a junkyard makes it Ghetto Tackulous.
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