v. (from ghetto)
1. To allow or promote
degeneration of a community, through the efflux of the middle class and
legitimate business and the influx of a culture of poverty, crime, low ambition, shiftlessness, and bling. Opposite of "gentrify."
2. To modify a possession such as a car or sound system to reflect
the styles of the aforementioned "ghetto culture."
1. "By 1972,
the Crips had thoroughly ghettified Compton and all vestiges of the working
population had fled west."
2. Shameel proceeded to ghettify his Honda Civic, adding platinum rims, a spoiler, a 500-watt subwoofer, and a custom paint job done by his dawg Kumar in exchange for "summa dat
white stuff".