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ghetto

UK/ˈɡɛ.təʊ/ US/ˈɡɛ.toʊ/ fairly common informal slang us

noun

1.

formerly the restricted quarter of many European cities in which Jews were required to live

  • “the Warsaw ghetto”
2.

any segregated mode of living or working that results from bias or stereotyping

  • “the relative security of the gay ghetto”
  • “no escape from the ghetto of the typing pool”
3.

Origin

Borrowed from the name of the Venetian Ghetto, whose etymology and original source language is uncertain. Compare Italian ghetto.

Phrases

  • gay ghetto
  • ghetto bird
  • ghetto blaster
  • ghetto booty
  • ghetto butt
  • ghetto fabulous
  • ghetto fence
  • ghetto house

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