"Poor blacks and black businesses are being pushed out of Harlem in favor of elite whites. Bill Clinton is a perfect symbol of the reality of the white takeover. He is opening the floodgates now for complete gentrification of Harlem." -- Black Panther Party spokesman Malik Zulu Shabazz, April 2001
by Da Man December 27, 2004
Get the gentrification mug.A term used by those who are intellectually impaired to try and negatively label the positive progress which is renovation of local infrastructure in an urban area while still having access to high end amenities like Wi-Fi, Double-shot Mocha Latte's and of course, social media apps.
"The Gentrification of this neighborhood is just another example of white privilege and Republicans way of trying to push blacks out of neighborhoods."
"Yeahhh...or the building is falling apart and just needs some rennovating..."
"Yeahhh...or the building is falling apart and just needs some rennovating..."
by HighRiskLowReward December 29, 2018
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A puritan conservative who pretends that is a 'hipster'
I was a gentrifier in Williamsburg. Like the maligned hipsters, I used my parents’ savings to secure a place to live. I wanted grocery stores that carried organic products like Horizon milk for $6 per half-gallon, and overpriced but aesthetically satisfying coffee shops like El Beit. I needed expensive boutiques, otherwise I would have felt bad for having left Manhattan.
by Compay November 16, 2010
Get the gentrifier mug.Basically sexile, except on a massive level. When a couple is fucking in a room or space with lots of people (ex: hostels) to the point that everyone leaves in disgust. Similar to gentrification, except with sex. Happened to me the other day in Rome.
Jim: Hey Sally, why is everyone hanging out in the lobby? It's like 4 in the morning.
Sally: Some drunk fucks were banging in our room and no one wanted to hear them.
Jim: Damn, that's Gentrifuckation in action!
Sally: Some drunk fucks were banging in our room and no one wanted to hear them.
Jim: Damn, that's Gentrifuckation in action!
by thabuttchin November 15, 2013
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Get the Gentrification mug.The irresistable drive that sends white people to live on the outskirts of any major metropolitan area.
by Nonsensicalme August 10, 2017
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A building or group of buildings that spur an influx of middle-class or wealthy people that results in the displacement of earlier, usually poorer residents.
Coined in 2022 by poet Marie Tisdell.
A building or group of buildings that spur an influx of middle-class or wealthy people that results in the displacement of earlier, usually poorer residents.
Coined in 2022 by poet Marie Tisdell.
That new development on Church Street is a gentrifactory. There's no way our kids will be able to live here.
by MaidenQ December 3, 2022
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