ghetto
/ˈɡɛ.toʊ/ adjective C2- Of or relating to a ghetto or to ghettos in general.
- Unseemly and indecorous or of low quality; cheap; shabby, crude. · My apartment's so ghetto, the rats and cockroaches filed a complaint with the city!· I like to drive ghetto cars; if they break down you can just abandon them and pick up a new one!
- Characteristic of the style, speech, or behavior of residents of a predominantly black or other ghetto in the United States.
- Having been raised in a ghetto in the United States.
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