ghetto fabulous

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Definition of ghetto fabulous in English English dictionary: Authentic, keeping it real."Ghetto fabulous" in Geneva Smitherman, Black Talk: Words and Phrases from the Hood to the Amen Corner, Houghton Mifflin Books (2000), ISBN 0395969190, page 145: "Describes a person or thing that is authentic, the height of something, according to the authentic, natural, ‘keepin-it-real’ standards of Blackness that are believed to exist in ghetto communities. Also ghetto fab."; Wealthy, but of ghetto roots and ethic; Alternative form of ghetto fabulous

ghetto fabulous

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ghet·to fa·bu·lous

getō fäbyılıs

/ˈgetō ˈfabyələs/ /ˈɡɛtoʊ ˈfæbjələs/

() Ghetto + fabulous. In sense 2 perhaps influenced and popularized by rapper Mystikal's 1998 hip-hop song and album "Ghetto Fabulous".

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