ghettoblasterとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From ghetto +‎ blaster. First use appears c. 1980. See cite below.

発音

名詞

ghetto blaster (plural ghetto blasters)

1. (slang) A portable stereo system capable of playing music (from several sources) at a relatively high volume; a boom box.

   We got tired of him carrying his ghetto blaster down our street every day.

   • 1980 May, Fleischer, Leonore, Fame: A Novel‎, page 63:

     “Mr. Johnson, in future I’d like you to leave your ghetto blaster at home, please.” She cast a withering look at the giant radio.

   • 2019, Colson Whitehead, The Nickel Boys, Fleet, page 158:

     Amid the noise of air horns, wolf whistles, and ghetto blasters shouting out old calypso tunes.

2. (by extension) A car stereo used in a similar way (loudly and, often, rudely); the hooptie in which it is mounted.

   We got tired of him driving his ghetto blaster down our street every day.

Further reading

• ghetto blaster on Wikipedia.Wikipedia