My son saw my John Wayne Ranch jacket, and made fun of me for buying it. He purchase shamed me. I asked him, "Are you purchase shaming me?"
by Aikidokaratefan December 4, 2020
by Boarhunt Bashers January 15, 2023
The period of socially acceptable time after a purchase, in which to freeload.
For example, time in which to use wi-fi / tables / sockets / toilets in a coffee house or restaurant, which extends from the point of ordering of a meal or drink, to the point at which one is asked to leave or the (usually justified) passive aggression of serving staff becomes a distraction to work. Length of time is proportional to value of the purchase, size of tip and quality of your small talk or flirting, with said staff.
For example, time in which to use wi-fi / tables / sockets / toilets in a coffee house or restaurant, which extends from the point of ordering of a meal or drink, to the point at which one is asked to leave or the (usually justified) passive aggression of serving staff becomes a distraction to work. Length of time is proportional to value of the purchase, size of tip and quality of your small talk or flirting, with said staff.
Bustling pointedly past my table for the 25th time in 10 minutes, the waiter eyed me unpleasantly and loudly mentioned to his colleague about how busy it seemed in here today. The purchase halo of my small filter coffee had long since dwindled below the locally acceptable dimensions: we were in the end-game now.
by coffeecoffeeblahblahblah September 9, 2018
by Dog-Anesthesiologist September 21, 2018
by aspenjames June 16, 2022
Refers to merchandise that you pick up for someone else while shopping for your own items, either because this other person is unable to travel to the store himself, or because he is not a paid member of the big-box outfit where his desired items are offered, and so he has asked you as a member to obtain the items for him at the warehouse's bulk-package discount.
I don't buy enough household consumables to justify the $89-per-year membership-fee that Sam's Club charges, so I just piggyback-purchase them through the large family down the street.
by QuacksO July 23, 2018