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Faux Ghetto

Faux Ghetto (pronounced 'foʊ gĕt'ō)
n., pl. -tos or -toes.

1. When a person claims they're "hood" (pronouced hʊd) but was raised in middle to high class society.

2. Mainstream rap is a way of life. Gucci Mane is considered a godlike figure.

3. "T-ing" a girl with a friend is an acceptable way to lose your virginity

4. Beginning and ending each and every sentence with the word "Nigga."

5. Claim they're a "baller" but work at a local grocery store.
Ex. 1)(Insert Name Here) is faux ghetto.

Ex. 2)Brandon wears Abercrombie, listens to Gucci Mane, talks like he's from the street but lives in a $500,000 house. He's so faux ghetto"
by Ricky Rossy Is The Bossie October 10, 2008
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ghetto chic

capitalizing on poverty to sell music and clothes while ignoring the class antagonism that incites consumers' emotions to buy those commodities
You: yea son this young jeezy music is my shit, i be hustlin in the trap all day w my chains and ice, fuck the po and rich whities

Me: you's fetishizing the ghetto as fashionable when it is a really sad effect of racism and classism that we should struggle against rather than perpetuate through buying commodities white people get paid off of; fuckz dat ghetto chic
by joan copjec November 22, 2011
mugGet the ghetto chicmug.

Ghetto Heat

An urban term used to describe excessive heat in an apartment. The term is derived from the excessive heat commonly found in apartments in low-income housing due to the radiators/boilers being poorly maintained and therefore blasting uncontrolled heat during winter.
Nena walks into Nazya's apartment and gasps, "Girl, you've got ghetto heat in here! Turn that shit down - I'm already roasting!"
by Stylista Extraordinaire April 10, 2013
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Ghetto Bird

The ghetto bird is (usually) a police helicopter. It is so named, due to the fact that it's usually the ONLY thing- by day or by night- that is willing to fly over areas with a high crime rate.
The pigeons won't fly over my 'hood- but the po-po do it, every night in those ghetto birds!
by Vegas Vixen July 20, 2009
mugGet the Ghetto Birdmug.

Ghetto Chicken

Slang for Pigeon. Coined by a native Chicagoan
If that Ghetto Chicken doesn't get off my window sill I'm going to kick em right in his feathered ass!
by His dudeness March 24, 2005
mugGet the Ghetto Chickenmug.

ghetto brick

In the mid-20th century, before there was aluminum or vinyl siding, asphalt shingle siding was the alternative replacement siding. Some of this siding was stamped to appear to be brick or stone; this is ghetto brick.
That ghetto brick house on the corner has been rental property for as long as I can remember.
by John Murden September 8, 2005
mugGet the ghetto brickmug.

Ghetto University

It's a place where you learn to fight and stand up for yourself. also "All of the Lights" was originally going to be called “Ghetto University
Ghetto University is where yeezy attended.
by flashing lights June 1, 2011
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