A boombox, a portable stereo system capable of playing radio stations or recorded music at relatively high volume.
Ghettoblaster is a term that can be considered insulting or complimentary depending on the context. The word originated in the US, apparently reflecting the belief that they are popular in poor inner-city neighborhoods (ghettos), especially those populated by black Americans. Ghettoblaster rather than boom box became the common term in the UK and Australia for large portable stereos, perhaps because it carried less meaning.
The term carries a connotation of power and disregard of social rules.
The word is racially inflammatory in some circumstances but has also been embraced as a term of black, urban pride — and, like many such terms, has been adopted by parts of the non-black American community. It is used as the name of at least one magazine and one recording company, and is also a popular stereotype element typically associated with funk, hip-hop and rap, African-American culture, '70s and '80s culture, breakdancing, and even racist jokes.
Ghettoblaster is a term that can be considered insulting or complimentary depending on the context. The word originated in the US, apparently reflecting the belief that they are popular in poor inner-city neighborhoods (ghettos), especially those populated by black Americans. Ghettoblaster rather than boom box became the common term in the UK and Australia for large portable stereos, perhaps because it carried less meaning.
The term carries a connotation of power and disregard of social rules.
The word is racially inflammatory in some circumstances but has also been embraced as a term of black, urban pride — and, like many such terms, has been adopted by parts of the non-black American community. It is used as the name of at least one magazine and one recording company, and is also a popular stereotype element typically associated with funk, hip-hop and rap, African-American culture, '70s and '80s culture, breakdancing, and even racist jokes.
In the film Do The Right Thing by Spike Lee, a dispute over a ghettoblaster is a central role in the culminating riot.
by Brian Harvey May 26, 2006
No one expects the ghettoblaster!
She wouldn't let him give her the shocker, so he unleashed the ghettoblaster.
She wouldn't let him give her the shocker, so he unleashed the ghettoblaster.
by [root] January 15, 2007
by k dizzle fo shizzle December 8, 2005
when your all wacked out on LSD and Exctasy at the same time. Giving you a Ghetto Blasted Electric Tronicfied Experience of a lifetime.
by Micah#1 June 11, 2008
Mandy ripped out the back seat of her 1990 Chevy mini crew cab pick up and jammed a $3,000 stereo system into her $200.00 vehicle. She Ghettoblastered that mini pickup truck, too.
by Mauser'sDaDa September 5, 2020