[geeks] I'm bored

[Mike Nicewonger]

On Thursday 21 March 2002 02:33 pm, you wrote:

> > I watched it Monday. OK, so I know what you mean now, just didn't
> > associate it with "getting ghetto".
>
> Oh.  For some reason ghetto seems to be used much the same way medival
> is/was, in a vaguely barbarous way.  So, for instance instead of getting
> medival on someone (beat, rape, kill), you go ghetto on them.
>
> And then there are ghetto cars ($350 cars with $2k rims), ghetto colo, etc.

I'm sorry but "getting ghetto on your ass" <said in Samuel L. Jackson voice> 
just does not have rthe same ring to it.

Mike N