GHETTO
ADVERBS
1992 ► BEHIND THE BRIDGE in any ghetto or slum → Trinidad and Tobago
NOUNS
1940 ► GALLION the slave quarters; hence, the Black ghetto; the Black world → African-American sl.
1951 ► LITTLE HARLEM a Black ghetto → US sl.
1970 ► BLACK BELT the section of a city which is populated predominantly by Blacks; the poor section of a city; a ghetto → Amer. dial.
1980 ► NEW JACK CITY Detroit, New York CIty, or any other city with a thriving ghetto style → African-American sl.
NOUNS, PERSON
1990 ► AROUND-THE-WAY GIRL a young woman from the neighbourhood or ghetto; a casual girlfriend rather than a steady one → African-American sl.
1994 ► BANDA a poor, ghetto child → African-American sl.
2000 ► NEW JACK a sophisticate, someone who has succeeded in the ghetto culture → African-American sl.
2000 ► NEW JILL a sophisticate, someone who has succeeded in the ghetto culture → African-American sl.
2002 ► GHETTO STAR a neighbourhood celebrity, often a drug dealer → criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
2006 ► GHETTO BIRD a person who lives in the ghetto → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
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