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post Feb 3 2005, 07:33 PM
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What exactly does ghetto mean? ermm.gif
some people were saying it means.. like.. gangsta kinda.
and some people said it meant gay. pinch.gif

This dude called me ghetto.. so I was just wondering. _unsure.gif
 
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post Feb 3 2005, 07:35 PM
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i guess that ghetto could be good or bad. but where i live (texas) it means like bad. like if something is jacked up or looks bad, the people will say, "that is so ghetto!" but they also say "ghetto fabulous". and i think that means that it is ghetto but is good too. i think but i am not totally sure! pinch.gif
 
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post Feb 3 2005, 07:36 PM
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Who knows? Our vocabulary is slowly getting worse each day...

At my school, ghetto means gay.
 
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post Feb 3 2005, 07:36 PM
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people have different meanings for it.
at our school ghetto = poor. which is true for our school because we pretty much live at the poor side of town.
 
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post Feb 3 2005, 07:36 PM
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it confuses me, i looked up the word in urbandictionary.com and it means something bad, but people seem to compliment people with the term...
 
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post Feb 3 2005, 07:37 PM
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well in reality the word's definition is:
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A section of a city occupied by a minority group who live there especially because of social, economic, or legal pressure.

^^ dictionary.com
but according to urbandictionary it means:
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2. (adj.) urban; of or relating to (inner) city life
3. (adj.) poor; of or relating to the poor life
4. (adj.) jury-rigged, improvised, or home-made (usually with extremely cheap or sub-standard components), yet still deserving of an odd sense of respect from ghetto dwellers and non-ghetto dwellers alike
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(adj.) middle class white kid talk for hip, cool or happening
 
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post Feb 3 2005, 08:31 PM
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well round here ghetto means...damn...how can i explain it....nvm i really dont know how to put it into plain english. i use it all the time but, i dont know how to put it.....
 
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post Feb 3 2005, 08:35 PM
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here ghetto is like the "hood" or like a "ghetto botty" which means you havre a big butt.
 
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post Feb 3 2005, 08:38 PM
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around here, ghetto mean something is cool in a "gangsta"-ish way, or that it's cheap (i.e. "this burger king is ghetto!")
 
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post Feb 3 2005, 08:38 PM
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if u think about it.. GHETTO actually refers to like the slums... like the projects... like Harlem ny... so i dont know why some people refers STREET wear / hiphop wear as "ghetto" ...cause that shits madddd expensive
 
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post Feb 3 2005, 08:40 PM
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In my school, ghetto means...like...what it's supposed to mean. Slums. Poor areas. I've never heard it being synonymous with "gay" before...
 
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post Feb 3 2005, 08:41 PM
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this topic is ghetto! whistling.gif
 
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post Feb 3 2005, 08:45 PM
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That dude called me ghetto.
 
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post Feb 3 2005, 08:47 PM
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No one I know has ever used GHETTO or has said it in a while.. I guess it's just growing out where i live happy.gif
 
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post Feb 3 2005, 08:57 PM
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Ghetto doesn't mean gay.

ghetto - A section of a city occupied by a minority group who live there especially because of social, economic, or legal pressure. (from dictionary.com)
 
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post Feb 3 2005, 09:15 PM
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QUOTE(islandgirl4eva @ Feb 3 2005, 5:57 PM)
Ghetto doesn't mean gay.

ghetto - A section of a city occupied by a minority group who live there especially because of social, economic, or legal pressure. (from dictionary.com)
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i'm supposing you didn't read the whole topic since i already posted that. rolleyes.gif haha just thought i'd mention.
 
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post Feb 3 2005, 09:19 PM
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i never heard of it used as gay.
 
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post Feb 3 2005, 09:29 PM
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what do you think it says....if so obvious.
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this topic is ghetto!




yea , it is .
 
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post Feb 3 2005, 09:56 PM
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I've heard it used as ghetto as in cheap, welfare, etc. and ghetto as in thug, gangsta,....
 
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post Feb 3 2005, 10:03 PM
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I always thought when you were using it in slang terms...that it just meant poor. blink.gif I always say, "Holy shiznit, Baldwin's so ghetto."
 
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post Feb 3 2005, 10:17 PM
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I use the term "ghetto" in the way that means "bootlegged," "crappy," and "cheap." Haha such as..

"This is a ghetto cd." (the cd is bootlegged)
"I just drew a ghetto version of the drawing I drew earlier." (The drawing looks crappy and quickly drawn = bad)
"Wow, your backpack looks ghetto." (the backpack is cheap and looks poorly made)

I NEVER use "ghetto" as a reference to being gangster. That's just lame. stubborn.gif
 
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post Feb 3 2005, 10:18 PM
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Ah yes the ghetto..

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A section of a city occupied by a minority group who live there especially because of social, economic, or legal pressure.
 
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post Feb 3 2005, 10:24 PM
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what do you think it says....if so obvious.
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whenever i use the term "ghetto" i base it on ,actions that are placed upon or any sort of action that a person is doing with an object .

For Example :

"hey benny, why did u tape up a plastic plated roof top on your Jetta convertible ?? lol thats so ghetto laugh.gif"

....just to let u know this really happened
 
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post Feb 3 2005, 10:36 PM
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Ghetto can means alot, example;

ghetto- cheap and priceless
ghetto- crappy and shity
ghetto- live out of the town, homeless people
ghetto- jews who live outside

by the way, their adj.
 
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post Feb 3 2005, 10:43 PM
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post Feb 4 2005, 01:54 AM
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In my school... ghetto means a slummy part of the city... Or something like that. The correct meaning.
 
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post Feb 4 2005, 03:02 AM
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here it means wannabe gangsta....
 
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post Feb 4 2005, 03:21 AM
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my friends and i think it means gay... i never knew it meant gangsta mellow.gif so like my friend for example...she says "that's ghetto that you guys are dressing up for cows and chicken for our school play" so yeah heh
 
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post Feb 4 2005, 06:34 PM
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it means poor. well thats how it started out but people don't even know what it means any more and just use it for any thing. trust me im from south side chicago.
 
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