I'm not buying it

Means a person is not convinced by an argument/excuse/reasoning.

"Sorry I'm late, but I helped an old lady cross the street and called a cab for her."
"I'm not buying it"

by Simonen June 1, 2018

best-buying

To go into a store to try products out with no intent of buying them and/or with the intent of buying it online for a lower price later.

I'm thinking about best-buying it at REI and then getting it on Amazon later.

by sariberri January 10, 2018

buying the building

Paying/making your monthly rent payment; paying/making your monthly mortgage payment.

If I'm buying the building, then you pay all utilities and food! The ONLY way we can afford this pad.

by talk2me-JCH2 April 3, 2021

buying cotton

A fancy term used to describe yourself when doing nothing. It’s a term derived from the Southern part of the United States in the 1930-1960’s.

Hey what are you doing? “I’m buying cotton.”

by Airborne972 October 4, 2017

Buying Frozen Peas

Coded phrase for: "Getting a vasectomy" since part of the post-operative instructions suggest you place a bag of frozen peas on the sight of the incision for the first few days in order to reduce swelling.

We've decided not to have any more kids, so I'm seriously considering buying frozen peas.

by Tagz January 19, 2011

Buying Textbooks

(adjective) {bahy-iung/tekst-books}
A sadistict torture ritual performed by most colleges and universities upon students. After paying a fortune in money they dont have for tutition, students are required to shell out more for "required reading material" they will never touch because they have the internet. The act of purchasing these books is easily comparible to smacking ones-self in the face with a brick. buying them offline is a know way to ease the pain of buying textbooks, but its still a pain in the a**.

Person 1: "what are you doing"
Person 2: "buying textbooks for school"
Person 1: "use amazon, and heres a brick- it might make things less painful"

by Vanderhouvvven January 16, 2011

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"

by sneedp May 25, 2022