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2016 Postmortem

hedgehog

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10. From Merriam Webster:

Reply to hedgehog (Original post)

Tue Mar 8, 2016, 02:29 PM

Mar 2016

Full Definition of ghetto

plural ghettos also ghettoes

1
: a quarter of a city in which Jews were formerly required to live

2
: a quarter of a city in which members of a minority group live especially because of social, legal, or economic pressure

3
a : an isolated group <a geriatric ghetto> b : a situation that resembles a ghetto especially in conferring inferior status or limiting opportunity <the pink-collar ghetto>

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ghetto

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About the word "ghetto" [View all] hedgehog Mar 2016 OP

Lots of people have misconceptions about the meaning of words. Buzz Clik Mar 2016 #1

Hard core social activist Cheese Sandwich Mar 2016 #6

Yep. He should know what a ghetto is. Buzz Clik Mar 2016 #7

I relate it to segregation also dana_b Mar 2016 #2

And a Jew it has a few more meanings too nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #3

word meanings change over time. some people will not accept those changes. life goes on nt msongs Mar 2016 #4

The obscurantism makes my head hurt./nt DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2016 #8

commonly used during the civil rights era KT2000 Mar 2016 #5

Ghetto = poor in America. grossproffit Mar 2016 #9

From Merriam Webster: hedgehog Mar 2016 #10

a part of a city in which members of a particular group live in poor conditions grossproffit Mar 2016 #11

Traditional use is problematic. I wish he had acknowledged this. pat_k Mar 2016 #12

By using the term in the 21st century BumRushDaShow Mar 2016 #13