what's the meaning of ghetto?? negative or positive meanings... any of it will do...?

Answer 1

A ghetto is a section of a city occupied by a minority group who live there especially because of social, economic, or legal pressure. The word was originally used to refer to the Venetian Ghetto in Venice, Italy, where Jews were required to live. The corresponding German term was Judengasse. In Moroccan Arabic, ghettos were called mellah. The term came into widespread use during World War II to refer to Nazi ghettos.


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Answer 2

A highly populated area of a city inhabited mainly by people of the same ethnic or minority group; formerly a section within a city in which Jews were forced to live (especially during World War II) . Ever heard of the Warsaw Ghetto?

Answer 3

It's basically the same thing as when Jeff Foxworthy talks about people being "redneck", or when southerners talk about someone being "country" or "trailer park".

Acting "ghetto" means to act uneducated, unsophisticated, publicly ignorant, or embarrassingly low-class and inappropriate.

All cultures have their own version of what constitutes ghetto, redneck, or something similar. We had lunch today around the corner in Chinatown and an asian girl rolled into the restaurant pregnant in a low-cut belly shirt (belly just hanging out all over the place) with her thong sticking out of her pants and red lipstick and big earrings. The little old asian ladies over in the corner all sucked their teeth, rolled their eyes, worked their necks and put their heads together and started whispering. You just knew they were saying "Um-hm! Look at that hoochie little ghetto child, walking in here with her belly out. Where is her mama?".

Answer 4

A ghetto is a section of a city occupied by a minority group who live there especially because of social, economic, or legal pressure.

Answer 5

If you mean acting "ghetto" it means someone who's loud, obnoxious, itching to get into an argument, aggressive, etc. Someone who might not speak all that intelligently, too.

The physical ghetto is self-explanatory. It's the hood where there are beat up cars, bummy houses, crackheads on the corner etc.

Answer 6

The colloquial meaning is now used to describe people who come from poor parts and show little to no education in social interactions. Being loud, obnoxious, not speaking correct English, etc. etc.

It is a commonly used adjective these days, along with "g a y", "e m o," "trash", etc.