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The respectable "modern" variant the "gourmet ghetto" in North Berkeley, for example. I also spent 4 years calling <5 floor dorm buildings "BuildingName Tower
by cbs 15y ago
The respectable "modern" variant
the "gourmet ghetto" in North Berkeley, for example.
I also spent 4 years calling <5 floor dorm buildings "BuildingName Tower". It even caught on with other people, but that didn't change the definition of a tower.
It seems like you're referring to the slang usage of the term
I certainly think so too, seeing as how it is nothing but a slang term.
which is mainly used by upper middle class youth
How rich, the guy who uses North Berkeley as a counter example is calling people out for a limited world view.
- lansing 15y agoHey man, no need to get personal. For what it's worth, I live in a rural, very low income area. We all have limits on our world views. I simply object to the casual usage of a neutral but racially-sensitive term as a blanket adjective for criminality and wretchedness. Ghetto, in its appropriate usage, isn't a slang term. It's been a part of standard English for a long time.
- techiferous 15y ago"in its appropriate usage" Word meanings are by nature fuzzy, democratic, fluid, subjective, regional and varied. So you may be fighting a losing battle to want "ghetto" to have a fixed "proper" meaning that people should use.