"Ghetto" now (also) means "jury-rigged"?

[Erik Hoover]

Wilson,

That posting on /. gave me pause, too.  The usage has been around for
awhile, perhaps:

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=ghetto

Erik

On Jan 9, 2006, at 3:15 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:

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> From today's SlashDot:
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> "[The computer-science student thereby] made [his mouse] into a
> _ghetto_ B&W handscanner."
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> -Wilson Gray
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