ratchetness

English

Etymology

From ratchet +‎ -ness.

Noun

ratchetness (uncountable)

  1. (US, slang, derogatory) The quality of being ratchet.
    • 2015 October 6, Lola Okolosie, “Cookie in Empire is a badass and a models of feminist disrespectability”, in The Guardian‎[1], archived from the original on 28 January 2017:
      The character’s appeal is universal though because she represents a feminist politics of disrespectability (what black American feminists call ratchetness) that has no time for prim notions of femininity as demure, quiet and self-effacing.
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