Blockbusting

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Definitions and meanings of "Blockbusting"

What do we mean by blockbusting?

The practice of persuading white homeowners to sell quickly and usually at a loss by appealing to the fear that nonwhite groups will move into the neighborhood, causing property values to decline. The property is then resold at inflated prices. noun

A technique used to encourage people to sell their property by giving the impression that a neighborhood is changing for the worse, especially by implying a change in its racial makeup noun

Having the characteristics of a blockbuster; hugely successful. adjective

A technique used to encourage people to sell their property by giving the impression that a neighborhood is changing for the worse, especially by implying a change in its racial makeup

Aka "Ballbuster Video" Video/Game rental franchaise of dubious merit that discovered they were losing a huge market share of the video rental industry by instituting an authoritarian return policy, whereupon they stupidly decided to waive all late fees to offset their dwindling customer accounts. They then decided to enter the mail rental biz and have been getting their asses wiped by Netflix (aka "Netflux") ever since, mostly because of the poor customer service and shitty selection they offer their members. Never has a once-successful company ever tried so hard to fuck itself up the ass six ways to Sunday at every turn. We can only sit back and watch with curious amusement as it struggles to outdo its own corporate incompetence before cashing in its proverbial chips to the competition. Meanwhile, all of Blockbuster's former customers can register their disgust with these assholes by driving up to the night return facility and pissing in the slot. Urban Dictionary

Bomb dropped in air raids before the incendiary bombs. Used to blow away roofs, so the incendiary (usually thermite or white phosphorus) got better access to the living spaces. The result were fires stoms which killed most people in the area. Effectively used in WWII on Coventry, Dresden, Hamburg and other cities. From this, some event or device that destroys entire housing areas - or empties them of people. Also, something destructive with really big impact. Urban Dictionary

A major motion picture, very successful at the box office. Urban Dictionary

Place where people can go, keep a movie/game for 38-45 days and only pay 1.25 for a restocking fee. Place where people don't realize that movies were ALWAYS autosold after a 12 days, but after no late fees it was bumped up to 7 days. Place where people bitch about movies never being in because of no late fees, yet often keep movies 10 days past the due date themselves. Place where people still bitch about paying $10 to buy the movie (they pay the going price minus the rental price they paid to buy it) or 1.25 to restock it when they used to pay $15 for keeping the movie 3 days late and still had to return it. Place where some people rent movies and are stupid enough to think that they never have to return the movie and never pay anything, instead of being grateful they have seven extra days to keep the movie. Urban Dictionary

A type of bomb that causes a lot of damage, Close to dynomite. Urban Dictionary

A movie and video game rental company. They supposedly no longer charge late fees for their items - primarily because Netflix is kicking their ass in market share. However, this is misleading, because individual stores are not required to honor that commitment! Urban Dictionary

This video store chain that ended up going bankrupt after people started using Netflix and when they started the whole "no late fees" policy at Blockbuster. Urban Dictionary

To be in such a spiral of anti-socialness, or depression, all you do is go to Blockbuster and rent a lot of movies. Symptoms also include an excess comsumption of ice cream or Chinese food. Urban Dictionary

A shitty wanna-be company that will/should either end up unionized or flat broke. Cheating people outta money is the game, treating employees like shit is a bonus. Managerial skills take backburner to sales. They actually had the balls to say late fees dont make up much of their profits. Ya, ok shitbrick. Urban Dictionary

When a black person moves onto an all white block which lowers the prices of the houses on the block Urban Dictionary

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The word "blockbusting" in example sentences

Just 50 years ago, so-called "blockbusting" led African-Americans into tight, white, ethno-centric neighborhoods of big cities such as Chicago and New York. ❋ Peter Galuszka (2010)

As early as the 1970s, Strupp explained, "blockbusting" practices developed as FHA loans were used by banks to get owners to sell quick, with the banks then reselling the homes to minorities at inflated prices. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I really think you need to look into how white flight was encouraged by suburban developers through conscious tactics like "blockbusting". ❋ Ann Althouse (2006)

It managed to avoid the kind of blockbusting queues that greeted the launch of the iPhone in 2007 by allowing customers to pre-order the iPad online from March 12, offering the choice of home delivery or in-store collection. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The bigger the blockbusting characters live, the greater the fall that will at some point afflict them, while much of their success has to be won by a struggle against the odds that few of us would ever cheerfully embrace. ❋ Unknown (2010)

With England also heavily present in the ICC Test match team of the year, where Stuart Broad, Graeme Swann and James Anderson were also selected, the evening represented something of a coronation for Andy Flower, whose transformation of the muddled and occasionally timid collection of talented individuals he inherited into the current blockbusting Test match force and one-day pretenders has been remarkable. ❋ Unknown (2011)

This retrospective explores both sides of Orozco's story: one part poet of the ephemeral, one part blockbusting art star. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Convinced that she had what it took to be a blockbusting star, Arista's influential president, Clive Davis, personally oversaw the recording of her first album. ❋ Unknown (2012)

Better still, India are over here in August for a blockbusting multiformat tour. ❋ Unknown (2011)

It was her strength that people read her whatever the critics said, as she wrote defensively of the blockbusting novelist who is in some sense her alter ego in The Long Love. ❋ Hilary Spurling (2010)

Robert Pattinson, The Twilight Saga (2008 -) Hard to credit, perhaps, but Stephenie Meyer's blockbusting gothic romances have made R-Patz the most successful screen vampire of all time, outselling previous title holders Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt in the Anne Rice adaptation Interview With the Vampire. ❋ Unknown (2010)

After he retired from the classical stage, Sleep developed a whole new career in musical theatre, starring in blockbusting mainstream hits such as Cats, Song And Dance and Cabaret. ❋ Judith Mackrell (2010)

Incredibly, the surefire blockbusting Katherine Heigl juggernaut 27 Dresses only managed a distant second, with $22.4 million. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Sainsbury's money will be used to help build a £135m exhibition space and conservation centre, designed by Lord Rogers, that will stage the museum's blockbusting temporary shows and house specialist conservation laboratories. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In a world where miners habitually bemoan the dwindling number of blockbusting discoveries, the site 550 kilometers south of Ulan Bator stands out, with measured, indicated and inferred reserves of 81 billion pounds of copper and 46 million ounces of gold, worth around $300 billion at current market prices. ❋ Unknown (2010)

My colleague Simon Cambers wanders by, during a break from writing a preview of tomorrow's blockbusting semi-final between Andy Murray and Rafael Nadal (oh, that this could be the final). ❋ Unknown (2010)

Mrs. Wurst taught me the art of conceptual blockbusting, how to truly "think outside the box" and color outside the lines. ❋ Unknown (2010)

This opening exhibition, however, which Mr. Le Bon has himself curated, is decidedly blockbusting. ❋ Andrew McKie (2010)

Attention Blockbuster shoppers...[the movie] you are watching has been [pissed on]...[film at 11]. ❋ Rollo & Biff (2008)

One Blockbuster dropped on [Dresden] in [WWII] killed over 3000 people. Now that's [efficiency] for you! ❋ TheRealFoo (2009)

[Titanic] was a blockbuster [hit]! ❋ Don (2004)

Wow, Blockbusters got [no more late fees], that means we can keep the movie [forever after] paying only 4 bucks for it and never return it, [letting it hang] in their inventory and preventing anyone else from getting it. When we get an inch we gotta take a mile. LOLZ. ❋ Firewalker (2005)

Dude, im bringing over a [blockbuster] to [throw in] [mail] boxes. ❋ FunnyMan11191 (2006)

I have yet to see one single local Blockbuster that doesn't have a sign reading "we do not participate in [the 'No] Late Fees' policy [as advertised] on [T.V]." ❋ King Asshat XVIII Of Asshatia (2007)

"[Let's go] to Blockbuster...wait it no longer is in business. [Oh well]. There's always gonna be [Netflix]!" ❋ Dudelistico2012 (2011)

"When was [the last time] you saw her?" "[I dont know], she's been so [blockbustered] since she and her boyfriend broke up" ❋ Rosemary Kath (2008)

[No more late fees] anymore.... or breaks. Get the right [shade] of [laces] 2-year employee or go home for good. ❋ Unknown (2005)

We cant [sell] our house for that [price] because of that damn [blockbuster]. ❋ Dwight Halpert (2015)

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