(n) any segregated mode of living or working that results from bias or stereotyping, Example: the relative security of the gay ghetto; no escape from the ghetto of the typing pool
n. [ It. ] A quarter of a city where Jews live in greatest numbers. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
I went to the Ghetto, where the Jews dwell. Evelyn. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
2.By extension: Any section of a town inhabited predominantly by members of a specific ethnic, national or racial group, such segregation usually arising from social or economic pressure. The term is commonly applied to areas in cities having a high concentration of low-income African-Americans. [ PJC ]
3. [ fig. ] Any isolated group of people. [ PJC ]
4. [ fig. ] Any group isolated by external pressures, with an implication of inferiority. [ PJC ]
n. [ from their popularity with negro inner-city (ghetto) youth ] A portable casette or compact disk player, usually having an integrated radio receiver. It typically has two (stereophonic) speakers, and can be adjusted to play at a high sound intensity, from which the name comes. Syn. -- boom box. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
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