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- [get-oh]
- /ˈgɛt oʊ/
- /ˈɡet.əʊ/
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- [get-oh]
- /ˈgɛt oʊ/
Definitions of ghetto word
- noun plural ghetto a section of a city, especially a thickly populated slum area, inhabited predominantly by members of an ethnic or other minority group, often as a result of social or economic restrictions, pressures, or hardships. 1
- noun plural ghetto (formerly, in most European countries) a section of a city in which all Jews were required to live. 1
- noun plural ghetto a section predominantly inhabited by Jews. 1
- noun plural ghetto any mode of living, working, etc., that results from stereotyping or biased treatment: job ghettos for women; ghettos for the elderly. 1
- adjective ghetto pertaining to or characteristic of life in a ghetto or the people who live there: ghetto culture. 1
- adjective ghetto Slang: Often Disparaging and Offensive. noting something that is considered to be unrefined, low-class, cheap, or inferior: Her furniture is so ghetto! 1
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Origin of ghetto
First appearance:
before 1605 One of the 40% oldest English words
1605-15; < Italian, orig. the name of an island near Venice where Jews were forced to reside in the 16th century < Venetian, literally, foundry for artillery (giving the island its name), noun derivative of ghettare to throw < Vulgar Latin *jectāre; see jet1
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Parts of speech for Ghetto
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ghetto popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 89% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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