ghetto blaster

See also: ghettoblaster

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Etymology

From ghetto +‎ blaster. First use appears c. 1980. See cite below.

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Noun

ghetto blaster (plural ghetto blasters)

  1. (slang) A portable stereo system capable of playing music (from several sources) at a relatively high volume; a boom box.
    We got tired of him carrying his ghetto blaster down our street every day.
    • 1980 May, Fleischer, Leonore, Fame: A Novel‎[1], page 63:
      “Mr. Johnson, in future I’d like you to leave your ghetto blaster at home, please.” She cast a withering look at the giant radio.
    • 2019, Colson Whitehead, The Nickel Boys, Fleet, page 158:
      Amid the noise of air horns, wolf whistles, and ghetto blasters shouting out old calypso tunes.
  2. (by extension) A car stereo used in a similar way (loudly and, often, rudely); the hooptie in which it is mounted.
    We got tired of him driving his ghetto blaster down our street every day.

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