Ghettophor Edit Meaning

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.

See metaphor