[Ads-l] Antedating of "Ghetto" (Adjective)

[Shapiro, Fred]

ghetto, adj. (OED 1987)

1977 Chicago Tribune 19 Oct. Section 3, page 4/1 (Newspapers.com)

I grew up in Harlem.  I attended elementary school at P.S. 186 at 145th and Amsterdam, and I attended Still Junior High, and the Food Trades High School and George Washington High at 192d and Audubon.  That's ghetto, real ghetto.

Fred Shapiro

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