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ghetto hat 

a hat worn by children, teens, and young adults in a largely populated or urban area. Normally a New Era fitted hat with the 5950 gold sticker still attached to the brim, or more recently a snapback hat with or without a brand sticker.
Kevin: "Leroy just got himself a red Yankees hat from New Era and left all the stickers on"

Jamal: "Yeah he knows how to rock a ghetto hat"
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Ghettorate 

A rating - usually on a scale from 1-10 - that is the evaluation of your ghetto behaviour.
Ghettorate says you ain't a 10.
Ghettorate by helprichsays March 5, 2009

ghettowater

Koolaid (sugar, water, flavoring, and food coloring). Used by cool people and pimps.
Dude you want some ghettowater?
brb, gonna go make some ghettowater.
ghettowater by Jonathon Smith April 4, 2008

Ghettopathic 

When two different people who are very close buddies use telepathy to communicate without actually talking. Usually used between gang members while in a showdown with another gang or officers.
They must be ghettopathic!
Ghettopathic by ShawnShockraBooty September 10, 2010

ghettomatize

To pretend tune your rice burner (Honda, Toyota, etc...). This also means to do showy looks, dazzling lights and inappropriate shiny add-ons for the single purpose of looks, rather than perfomance.

Similar to jiggamatize
He decked out his Honda by putting those shiny rims on and Euro lights, but he didn't put any beef under the hood.
ghettomatize by Kyle Chandler March 29, 2004

Ghettomatopoeia

Group of ghetto expressions that imitate the sound it is describing such as, “brrrrrrrat” and “suuuuuu wuuuuuu."
It is common for the members of the Bloodz gang to communicate via the ghettomatopoeia, "brrrrrrat."
Ghettomatopoeia by Peter Ellison, Jr. December 24, 2008

ghettovative 

ghetto + innovative
adj. anything that is 'ghetto' while being particularly innovative at the same time
1.
Guy 1: Yo, chillin at my man Branson's last night, we were smoking pot out of an apple, what?

Guy 2: Yo, that's pretty ghettovative, how the hell did you do that?

2.
'Ghettouflage' is actually pretty ghettovative
ghettovative by Brony Manza April 29, 2009
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Brent: he just tossed me a slop grenade
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