Search
Select the dictionary language
boughetto
01
(African American) pretentiously upscale yet streetwise or rough
Slang
Grammatical Information
Composition
Compound
qualitative
Superlative
most boughetto
Comparative
more boughetto
gradable
What does "boughetto" mean in African American slang?
The structure is a blend of "bourgeois" (middle or upper class, often pretentious) and "ghetto" (urban, rough, or working class), forming a compound adjective that describes a mix of high class and street culture. It is used in African American Vernacular English (AAVE) and Black pop culture to describe someone or something that is pretentiously upscale yet still retains rough, ghetto, or hood elements, such as designer clothes worn with worn out sneakers, or formal speech mixed with slang.
Examples
That party was totally boughetto with fancy drinks and loud music.



























