What does Ratchet mean?
Other definitions of Ratchet:
- Mispronunciation of the word "wretched" that has a few connotations within rap culture. It can mean poor or "hot mess", but also real and unfiltered.
- Alteration of the word "wretched" that sounds like "rat shit" — a semi-offensive term within the hip-hop community. It is, however, beginning to be co-opted once again to mean fierce or genuine.
- A derogatory term for a person, usually female and particularly women of color, who is tasteless or classless. However the term has transformed meaning and can mean fierce or real.
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How to use the term
Ratchet:
I'm a savage (yeah)
Classy, bougie, ratchet (yeah)
-Megan Thee Stallion, SAVAGEMy problem with Miss Cyrus stems from her appropriating Black culture, specifically ratchet culture, to make her music more urban.
Covered from head to toe in my knock-off designer shell, I had finally become the ratchet person I was meant to be.
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