rent-lowering gunshot

noun

An action, often with a potential perceived negative quality, performed to drive people away.

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Meanings

nounrent-lowering gunshot (plural rent-lowering gunshots)

plural rent-lowering gunshots

  1. InternetAn action, often with a potential perceived negative quality, performed to drive people away.

Origin

Coined by analogy from a Twitter post by user 2Brazy4U on May 26, 2018; "When you move into an apartment you gotta shoot into the air every couple of weeks to make sure the rent don't go up".

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APA

rent-lowering gunshot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rent-lowering%20gunshot

MLA

“rent-lowering gunshot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rent-lowering%20gunshot. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rent-lowering gunshot,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rent-lowering%20gunshot.

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