What is Ghettophor?
1.
a ghetto comparison of two unlike things often used in hip hop (and related genres)lyrics.
"Ghettophor" combines the terms "ghetto" with the literary device used in writing called a "metaphor."
Haters note: "Ghettophor" is a general term which refers to a comparison of two unlike things even if they are technically similies.
"I love you like a fat kid loves cake."
--50 cent
"And I been by your side like a 2 way
And like a pager with no clamp that's how you lose me."
-- Angie Stone, "U-Haul"
Did you hear what he said?
That lyric was straight ghettophor-ic.
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