Consumer

Derogatory term used to describe the buying public, or purchaser of a product. Use of the word is prolific in the business world, quickly replacing the more respectful term, "customer".

1. "Consumer spending is up 51%!"
2. "Demand for Product X has consumers mobbing stores."

by edifice May 26, 2006

oxygen.consumer

oxygen.consumer is a person that only says the truth, it's impossible for him to miss, everything he says is a W

oxygen.consumer "posts something"
Everyone in the comments: WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

by Cool.Guy.From.Walmart September 2, 2021

consumerocracy

A system of government based primarily on its citizens’ love of material comforts.

Thank goodness we have a thriving consumerocracy to drive ourselves forward toward success!

by Dr Bunnygirl June 17, 2019

consumer whore

Someone who makes fool-harty purchases, blind to the money-making scams of corporations.


People who buy nintendo products which require one or more other nintendo products are a fine example.

"This game could require just the Gamecube, rather than requiring the Gameboy advance as well, but we like money. Give us your money you consumer whore."

"So I can buy this playstation 2 that doesn't come with a hard drive, but to play the latest Final Fantasy, I have actually do have to buy a PS2 hard drive and a network adapter in addition to the $200 I paid for the PS2? Wow, I sure am a consumer whore."

"Not only will they have to pay $80 to buy this MMO computer game, but they will have to pay an additional $15 a month to continue playing it! The 5 servers our company bought to run this game will pay for themselves in 2 weeks! Thank god for comsumer whores!"

by Calculon000 August 3, 2004

consumer

someone who buys things they don't need with money they don't have to impress people they don't like

The average consumer has little idea what motivates them

by naimad March 14, 2009

Fundamentalist Consumerism

a term coined by Bruce Levine to describe the mindset of a group of people who "are singularly attached to cheap stuff."

The term describes a culture that "creates increasing material expectations" that often can not be satiated, "devalues human connectedness," "socializes people to be self-absorbed and selfish," "obliterates self-reliance," "alienates people from normal human emotional reactions" and "sells false hope that creates more pain."

Fundamentalist Consumerism is demonstrated en-mass on every Black Friday. On Long Island, NY in 2008, Wal-Mart employee Jdimytai Damour was trampled to death by customers stampeding into the store when the doors were opened. Police attempting to clear the scene were met with hostile reactions from customers, some insisting that they "had been waiting in line since yesterday morning" to get into the store. Fundamentalist Consumerism devalues all life in pursuit of 'stuff.'

by thewakebehindyou August 1, 2011

consumerism

1. The practice of conspicuously buying flashy, expensive items and expecting them to fill the voids in one's life.

2. A pejorative used to malign people who enjoy material luxuries, implying that it's impossible for a person do so without having an unhealthy fixation on them. Usually used as a sour grapes excuse to hate people who can afford more luxuries than one's self.

1. "Tiffany keeps spending all of her money on expensive designer clothing. When will she realize that it's personality, not consumerism, that wins friends?"

2. "Ugh, did you see Ted's new BMW with heated leather seats, a GPS navigation system, and a 6-disk CD changer? Anyone who would buy luxuries is obviously a disgusingly shallow and materialistic consumerist."

by Icarus3 November 3, 2005