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ghetto-fabulous

American  
[get-oh-fab-yuh-luhs] / ˈgɛt oʊˈfæb yə ləs /

adjective

Informal.

  1. pertaining to or noting a lifestyle of showy but superficial glamour and luxury that is sometimes adopted by people in or from an urban ghetto.

    That man is just ghetto-fabulous; his bling wears bling!
ghetto fabulous British  

adjective

  1. (of fashion) characterized by gaudy, extravagant, and often sexually alluring clothes

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Etymology

Origin of ghetto-fabulous

First recorded in 1995–2000

Example Sentences

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Not unlike Jean-Luc Godard and Jacques Demy with cinema’s Nouvelle Vague or Matisse and Derain with Fauvism, Diddy’s Bad Boy milieu of ghetto-fabulous grew into a global movement.

From New York Times • Sep. 12, 2017

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