The Urban Dictionary defines someone who embodies “ratchetness” as “one who is dirty, low class, no moral values and place themselves in a situation of being known in a negative way.” Throwing around the word and using it to describe someone, especially someone you don’t know, shouldn’t be such a careless act.

Why does ratchet mean ghetto?

Ratchet was originated Shreveport, Louisiana, which dubbed itself Ratchet City. The term stems from the English term “wretched” which means unhappy, poor, or very bad. Ratchet as a noun is used to reference a nasty, ghetto, or trifling woman but it is necessarily limited to gender.

What does Boujee mean?

The “boujee” variation (used by Migos in Bad and Boujee) commonly refers to middle-class or upwardly mobile black people. Urban Dictionary’s top entry for bougie defines it thus: “Aspiring to be a higher class than one is. Derived from bourgeois – meaning middle/upper class, traditionally despised by communists.”

When did ratchet become a thing?

Brittney Cooper, a co-founder of the Crunk Feminist Collective. “Ratchedness comes out of that. And some of that particularity gets lost when it travels.” The first appearance of ratchet in a published song was in 1999, when Anthony Mandigo released “Do the Ratchet” on his Ratchet Fight in the Ghetto album.

Where does the term hood rat come from?

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. noun slang Someone who has sex with everyone in the “hood” or neighbourhood; the term is linked to the culture of the American ghettos and to hip-hop culture.

Why is ratchet the last Lombax?

This was because of her physical appearance, as she is lacking a tail and she is sensibly taller than Ratchet, but also because of Ratchet and Clank Future: Tools of Destruction referred to Ratchet as the last Lombax in the universe.

What is a hooded rat?

Definition of hooded rat

: a strain of the black rat developed in captivity and characterized by a white body and black head.