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ghettospeak

ghettospeak noun: the dialect of English spoken by black people living in a ghetto.

Noun

ghettospeak (uncountable)

  1. (informal) The dialect of English spoken by black people living in a ghetto.
    • He also used the ghettospeak of low-income black youth to reach out to an alienated segment of society in a way that they could understand and accept.2018, Daniel E. Crowe, Prophets of Rage, page 209

Origin of ghettospeak

From ghetto + -speak.

Questions about ghettospeak

What does ghettospeak mean?
Ghettospeak means the dialect of English spoken by black people living in a ghetto.
What part of speech is ghettospeak?
Ghettospeak is a noun.

Words near ghettospeak in the dictionary

  1. ghettoizes
  2. ghettoizing
  3. ghettolike
  4. ghettology
  5. ghettos
  6. ghettospeak
  7. ghettotech
  8. ghevar
  9. ghewar
  10. ghey
  11. gheyer

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