Ghetto (slang)
Pronunciation: /get-oh/
Also known as: The Ghetto
Plural: Ghettos
What does Ghetto mean?
1. A poor or low-income part of a city or town. Typically a place with minorities.
Ghetto Synonyms: The Ghetto, Hood, Trenches, Block
2. To be or act poor.
Ghetto Synonyms: Hood, Ratchet
Example sentence: “I got a girl from the ghetto, turned her to a brat.”
Ghetto in songs:
“This orphanage we call a ghetto is quite a routine” – Kendrick Lamar, Sing About Me, I’m Dying of Thirst.
“Keepin’ this Schweppervescent street ghetto essence inside us” – AZ, Life’s a Bitch.
“I’m back on the road, I get low on the pedal, We live by the codes of the ghetto” – Future, Codeine Crazy.
“Ghetto bird be on the street, paramedics on the dial” – Kendrick Lamar, XXX.