Originally Posted by kender
No, it refers to a complex series of events to accomplish a simple task. If you remember the game "mouse trap", all those little steps, to ultimately drop a cage. Ghetto engineering would be more of a "PJ" device.
Yep, or I also understand to to mean something that somebody didn't plan/think through properly like putting a turn lane where there isn't a street to turn onto, or a series of "no u-turn" signs when you really need to make a u-turn!
I like the "unnecessarily complex" term.