Ghetto/nigger-rig

[Sarah Lang]

Yup.

Annoying when you actually live in the "ghetto" and have to clarify.
Or, frankly, when it comes out of the mouth of your students who(se
parents) are paying $50K for them to go to school.

Anyone familiar with "nigger-rig"? As in hacking something together
to make it sort of, kinda, just barely work?

S.

On Apr 30, 2007, at 10:10 PM, Doug Harris wrote:

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> While that usage may not yet be documented in the likes of HDAS or
> OED,
> it most _definitely_ has been 'standard' for ~at least~ 6-8 years
> among
> teens and 20-somethings in NY if not elsewhere.
> (the other) doug
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> I've looked in HDAS and the OED, and I didn't find "ghetto" listed
> as an
> adjective, as in "Buy a replacement on ebay for $20, don't replace
> it with a
> plain mirror, that's ghetto."
> (http://groups.google.com/group/alt.autos.chrysler.sebring/msg/
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> 43f)
> It seems fairly common slang nowdays.
>
> Scot LaFaive
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