Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ghettospeak

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ghet-tos-peak
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The dialect of English spoken by black people living in a ghetto.

Informal; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

From ghetto + -speak.

Usage

Phrases

African-American Vernacular English

Frequently Paired Words

African-American Vernacular English

Questions

What does ghettospeak mean?: The dialect of English spoken by black people living in a ghetto.
Where does ghettospeak come from?: From ghetto + -speak.

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