Big-box store 

Refers to warehouse stores, not because they are in big box-shaped buildings, but because the merchandise comes in big, bulk boxes for stocking items in quantity rather than individual portions. Costco, BJ's, Sam's Club, are big-box stores. Walmart and Target are not.

People who use this term to refer simply to big stores are clueless. Almost all stores are in big rectangular buildings. This is not what the phrase means.

"Save by stocking up at a big-box store."

Big-box store by Chazzmatazz August 2, 2016

Big Box Store 

A large store (superstore) run by a major corporation.

No one knows where the term came from (Because the store's goods are shipped in big boxes? Because the store looks like a big box?) As a result, anyone using the term should be slapped with a large trout for using a phrase which they themselves don't really understand.

In today's financial news, big box store Target is increasing its competition against big box store WalMart. Ow, that trout hurt!

Big Box Store by ZOC December 9, 2008

big-box "discount" 

Not to be confused wif da economy/bulk price dat you gain from purchasing super-sized-containers of groceries and household products at places like Sam's Club or Costco, this snortingly-sarcastic term refers to where a company packages their products in a much-larger cardboard package than said items actually take up, giving THEM the "discount", since they charge about as much for said parcel of goods as that seemingly- larger amount should logically cost.

To save space in my cupboard, I was able to fit almost two times the number of granola bars in a box as were in there originally --- talk about a big-box "discount"!

big-box "discount" by QuacksO April 25, 2020

big box, little box, cardboard fish 

Alteration of "Big Fish, Little Fish, Cardboard Box" routine - coined at Gosport Youth Festival '08 by group of overexcited metalheads high on the band Leviathan...

They totally geeked out and bombed into the "Big Box, Little Box, Cardboard Fish" routine!!

big box, little box, cardboard fish by cardboard*fish*girl June 29, 2008

big box website 

A website that is huge,filled with pop-up ads for other large businesses and completely corporate with no room for small businesses or independent producers.

I don't bother to go to Barnes and Noble's website anymore. It's nothing but a big box website.

big box website by Astor G. October 28, 2007

Big box of care 

a sarcasticly ment saying, the primary goal of this saying is: letting someone notice that you dont care whatever he is doing.

darkmark whispers: look at my new cool epic !
erestas whispers: dude Big box of care

Big box of care by über pro July 3, 2008

big box store 

A chain of physically large stores.

Walmart, Kmart, Circuit City are all big box stores.

big box store by Ginsella March 15, 2009