buying the bickle 

buying the bickle is when you're purchasing a piece of merchandise/food/any item that was referenced or in some way involved in a piece of media. the term comes from a /k/ poster buying the travis bickle hidden gun mechanism seen in Taxi Driver

"did you see Jerry's new beemer?"
"yeah...he was riding it around while wearing the Drive jacket...talk about buying the bickle"

buying the bickle by sneedp May 25, 2022

buying the toilet paper 

"Buying the toilet paper" is to perform an action one knows will have no impact on their current dilemma, yet they perform it anyways just to feel like you have some control over an uncontrollable situation.

Based on the 2020 toilet paper shortages.

"voting is pointless. I'd just be buying the toilet paper."

buying the toilet paper by slutilda March 14, 2020

buying time 

A phrase used to describe the action of someone who is purposely delaying an action or very deliberately pushing off a decision to be made sometime later.

Jill is afraid to jump off the bungee jumping deck, so she is standing there buying time by talking about how afraid she is instead of jumping.

buying time by Zakwak July 4, 2017

Buying a gf for 2k gold

The act of buying a runescape gf for 2k gold

Person 1:Buying a gf for 2k gold
Person 2:ok

Buying a gf for 2k gold by User8823 May 14, 2018

Panic Buying 

Usually around seasonal times, bank holidays etc, people tend to buy more food products than they need even though the supermarkets will only be closed for 1-2 days.

wife - 'i must have that last tin of baked beans'
husband - 'its xmas darling when will we need baked beans? we dont want to be seen to be panic buying'
wife - 'the shops will be shut who knows?? grab it, its the last 1'
husband - argghhhhhhh!

Panic Buying by fastforward December 21, 2008

buying money 

if youre in the bookies and theres a horse there that cant lose. if you back it, youre said to be 'buying money'

ulty - hey T.R, are you backing that horse??
T.R - aw for sure man, thats BUYING MONEY

buying money by nicks nikita April 10, 2009

Buying Twitter 

Inflicting Damage upon one self, accidentally making your own life way harder than it had to be.

"Please stop arguing with Tom, you are buying twitter right now."
"Oh man I totally bought twitter today, by queueing up to a league game."
"Why would you buy twitter? Just don't enroll into that course..."

Buying Twitter by LeBademeister November 15, 2022