ghettophor


a ghetto comparison of two unlike things often used in hip hop (and related genres)lyrics.

“ghettophor” combines the terms “ghetto” with the literary device used in writing called a “metaphor.”

haters note: “ghettophor” is a general term which refers to a comparison of two unlike things even if they are technically similies.

“i love you like a fat kid loves cake.”
–50 cent

“and i been by your side like a 2 way
and like a pager with no clamp that’s how you lose me.”
— angie stone, “u-haul”

did you hear what he said?
that lyric was straight ghettophor-ic.

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