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Gentrification

An angsty dogwhistle used by culturally territorial locals to mean:
“I don’t like you because your financial pursuits are disrupting my hyper-niche neighborhood vibe.”

Often tossed around as if it signals some noble, systemic resistance—but more often just a melodramatic protest against having one’s narcissistically curated subculture overwritten by the inevitable Pareto dynamics of a free economy.
“Kayla called it gentrification when a developer replaced her crypto-themed hookah bar with condos—because her micro-scene of sea-shanty DJs and tarot nights was apparently sacred ground.”
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Bobbi Gentrification

1) When a movie scene becomes the first memory of a song rather than what you were doing when you first heard it. 1) using music to change the meaning of a song in order to support a different cause or belief.
1: Stuck In the Middle With You is a victim of Bobbi Gentrification. 2) Clinton is totally guilty of Bobbie Gentrification Fleetwood Mac's 'Don't Stop' by using it in his campaign.
by Ellis D. Mann August 25, 2022
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