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noun
An action, often with a potential perceived negative quality to it, done to drive away people who would see such as negative.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, idiomatic
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Antonyms: none provided
History
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".
