The opposite of "gentrification." Disinvestment and the creation of deteriorated property caused by lower-income people slowly taking over and moving in to middle-class neighborhoods resulting in the flight of the former wealthier inhabitants.
In Detroit, a large proportion of ghettofied housing was originally built for middle and upper income occupants. As the process of ghettofication occurred this housing was increasingly occupied by lower income people. The ensuing disinvestment caused a spiral of decline in this former neighborhood of gentry as mansions were subdivided into several apartments with impoverished tenants. As ghettofication increased the houses were not maintained and blight engulfed the neighborhood.
The condition in which one finds themself believing the world around them is ghetto and or the "street lifestyle" Which is and attributes to the closely related condition someone is called when they believe they are of African American descent yet are merely caucasian or of other decent, commonly known as a "Wigger". Symptoms within the specified condition include the liking of music which has lyrics describing street life... ex. Rap or other "Street Music", Clothing may change as well to that of what most people would expect that is advertised or the "Fad" of Ghetto life... but most importantly is the speech in which ones grammer spelling and even spoken word is slurred into slang and street talk or Ghetto speak of sorts.
My Friend Billy who wears sun glasses and baggy torn pants and a large basket ball jersey and listens to Rap with his other friends outside on their porch and complains about his life being on the streets all the time definately has Ghettoitis.
Brought to public attention by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein in the book on the fall of Richard Nixon, All The President’s Men, ratfucker was Nixon’s term for a political operative who sows chaos among opponents; an agent provocateur. It is thought to have originated among campus political rivalries at USC, and seems to have some usage in the US military.
Along with Nixon’s other ratfuckers, Roger Stone caused fights at otherwise peaceful Democratic Party protests to generate a false narrative that the Democrats were violent and dangerous.
Term used to describe someone who is a mix of both rural (country) and urban (metropolitan) lifestyles/upbringings. He/she is typically equally comfortable in both settings and is able to seamlessly slip back and forth between the two, appreciating the characteristics of each.
That ol' gal of mine drives the 12lane freeway during the week and a John Deere on the weekends. She likes opra and the Grand Ol' Opry. I love them countrypolitan women.
A bath consisting of a variety of slats, oils, soaps or any other added ingredients such as fruits, milks, herbs or any other spices for health or beautifying benifits.
She brought homealot of stuff and took it to the bathroom. She must be taking a witch bath.