ghetto-fabulous

[get-oh-fab-yuh-luhs]

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

adjective

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of ghetto-fabulous¹

First recorded in 1995–2000

Example Sentences

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.

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The track’s title, The Reform Group is Two Years Old, is definitively not ghetto-fabulous.

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To my mind, the most telling moment of the video arrives in a quick edit, while she’s wearing ghetto-fabulous eyeglasses: Staring at the camera, Swift mimics a fisherman reeling in an imaginary catch.

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With an emphasis on bright, acid colors and ghetto-fabulous outfits, Mr. Wiley’s paintings borrowed heavily from the work of an earlier Yale M.F.A.,

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They want to follow the rappers and athletes who live ghetto-fabulous lifestyles based on natural talents, as opposed to learned skills.

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