ghetto blaster

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(ghetto) blaster

and (ghetto) box (ˈgɛdo blæstɚ and ˈgɛdo bɑks)

n. a huge portable stereo, often carried on the shoulder. (Associated with blacks.) Hey, turn down that ghetto blaster in here!

See also: blaster, ghetto

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Just as Dennis was about to hug Sheree he walked around her to first shut off the blaring ghetto blaster in the corner.

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And as house music began to emerge on dancefloors, there was also an appearance at the venue by singer Darryl Pandy who flew in from Chicago and arrived with a huge ghetto blaster to play the backing track for his performance.

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Anyway, it appears Mowdiwarp likes the sun, if not the folk it attracts: "Nice to see a bit of summer, but of course as soon as the sun appears so do the imbeciles with their cans of lager, screaming unsupervised kids, throwing a 'party' in their back garden complete with mobile disco and, in our case, as the ghetto blaster wasn't considered loud enough, they parked their cars outside the gate, opened the car doors and turned the car stereo up as well

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He threw her down the stairs and she crashed into the front door, before throwing a ghetto blaster at her.

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A Goodison insider explained: ``It was a little quiet in the dressing room while the players were changing and the ghetto blaster we usually use to break the atmosphere a little had been left on the team bus.

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Molly's playing the mandolin and we've got an 80s ghetto blaster to play beatboxing in the background.