(by extension) A car stereo used in a similar way (loudly and, often, rudely); the hooptie in which it is mounted.
(by extension) A car stereo used in a similar way (loudly and, often, rudely); the hooptie in which it is mounted.
Amid the noise of air horns, wolf whistles, and ghetto blasters shouting out old calypso tunes.
“You buy a ghetto blaster and walk around blasting the Miami vice theme song”
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(US, slang) Large buttocks of a woman.
(slang) boom box.
American slang for a boombox — a large, portable radio and cassette or CD player that could be carried on the shoulder, popular from the late 1970s through the 1990s. The 'jam' element refers to music ('jams'), and the 'box' to the device itself. Part of the vocabulary of hip-hop and street culture in urban America. Today the word sometimes extends to portable Bluetooth speakers.
(slang, African American) An old car that has been remodeled or reformed in some way, shape, or form; a classic, a banger.
(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.
“And once all that is done, ya grab ya 'ghetto blaster' twin-cassette deck with high-speed dubbing and start making copies to sell in the school yard ...”
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