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ratchetry 

When a person is, or chooses to be ratchet! The act of being ratchet.
Expecting a hotel's maid service to dispose of your used condoms is a classic example of ratchetry!
ratchetry by talk2me-JCH2 May 11, 2017

Ratcheteer 

Noun.

A connoisseur of ratchet women, especially those pulled from nightclubs after last call. The ratcheteer's natural mating call is Rihanna's Talk That Talk which he requests from the DJ or sits in the parking lot banging from his car. The Ratcheteer has a specialized mating dance, similar to a body roll, used to signal ratchets that he is in heat. He is especially adept at disposing of evidence in parking lots.

Once a ratcheteer has identified and brought his ratchet back from the club for an "afterparty" he seeks out four specific environments for mating:

1. A living room full of partygoers
2. A public balcony
3. Someones kitchen
4. An air mattress

The ratcheteer typically will have no recollection of the previous evening as they will sleep until noon the next day. They will only find out about their behavior once on word spreads of their ratchetry on social media websites. Ratcheteers will spend all Monday at work on Facebook deleting evidence so close friends and family do not discover their ratchetness.
Q. What time is it?
A. 1:57 AM.

Q. Did you see that guy parking lot creepin' on those ratchets?
A. Yes, he promised them soda and nuggets at his afterpary.

Q. He should be put on probation for ratcheteering son.
A. Fo sho. bboy.
Ratcheteer by SON and BBOY November 24, 2012

ratchetize 

To make something ratchet, ghetto, bad, ugly, or worse.
Wow, thanks for totally ruining and ratchetizing my party. It's so ghetto and annoying.

I look too good right now, I need to ratchetize myself.
ratchetize by LingDanc803 October 30, 2018

Ratchet Clap 

A clap ratchet people use to emphasize a point or statement. Also used when arguing.
She ratchet clapped me before going all Sharkeisha.

ratchet badge 

Similar to a tramp stamp, a ratchet badge is a tattoo located on the upper breast of a female. Usually but not limited to animal claw prints, tribal designs and most commonly their baby daddy's name.
Brenda's love for Jamal is forever inked in ratchet history as she tattoo's his name and jersey number on her upper breast. She wears it like a badge of honor ... we forever know it as a ratchet badge.
ratchet badge by redstararmy May 22, 2013

Ratchet Twerk 

An exotic dancing technique where the stripper ascends and descends the pole by alternatively clenching and unclenching her buttocks.
Guy 1: "Wanna head to the Spearmint Rhino tonight?"

Guy 2: "Nah bro, let's go to the Werk Shop. They've got this new dancer there, Ryobi Stihl. She's famous for her Ratchet Twerk.
Ratchet Twerk by The Ghief 3 April 20, 2017
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