streetism

streetism
 n.— «Uncontrolled pregnancies outside the marriage circle have led to a flood of births, with the mothers unable to trace the men responsible. The result is what has come to be known in Ghanaian parlance as “streetism.”» —“Which Way for Education?” by I.K. Gyasi Ghanaian Chronicle (Accra) Sept. 13, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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