1. A place where you go to buy five things but somehow leave with twenty, none of which you actually needed.
2. A chaotic battlefield riddled with ugly severely obese people buying gazillions of junk food blocking the aisles and cash desks. Carts have a mind of their own, and every checkout line is either way too long or moving at a glacial pace.
3. A black hole of disappointment with often expensive or poor-quality or spoiled/about-to-get-spoiled food (especially fruits or vegetables), which somehow occasionally also includes food with zillion preservatives (!) (i. e. desserts, etc.).
2. A chaotic battlefield riddled with ugly severely obese people buying gazillions of junk food blocking the aisles and cash desks. Carts have a mind of their own, and every checkout line is either way too long or moving at a glacial pace.
3. A black hole of disappointment with often expensive or poor-quality or spoiled/about-to-get-spoiled food (especially fruits or vegetables), which somehow occasionally also includes food with zillion preservatives (!) (i. e. desserts, etc.).
Examples:
A:
Person 1: "I swear, every time I go to the grocery store, the fruit is already halfway to moldy."
Person 2: "Classic. Grocery store trips are just scavenger hunts for disappointment."
B:
Person 1: Today I bought a dessert and when I opened it, it was moldy!
Person 2: Typical stupid groceries...
C:
*person 2 goes shopping*
*returns after over 1 hour*
Person 1: Why it took you so long?
Person 2: Cuz the checkout lines were totally riddled with obese people buying tons of sweets and other junk foods as if it were supplies for 2 months blocking cash desks.
A:
Person 1: "I swear, every time I go to the grocery store, the fruit is already halfway to moldy."
Person 2: "Classic. Grocery store trips are just scavenger hunts for disappointment."
B:
Person 1: Today I bought a dessert and when I opened it, it was moldy!
Person 2: Typical stupid groceries...
C:
*person 2 goes shopping*
*returns after over 1 hour*
Person 1: Why it took you so long?
Person 2: Cuz the checkout lines were totally riddled with obese people buying tons of sweets and other junk foods as if it were supplies for 2 months blocking cash desks.
by Mspaintsucks December 28, 2024
Get the Grocery storemug. Refers to the astonished stare that you assume when taste-testing two or more brands of a particular supermarket-offering and unexpectedly discover that you actually **prefer** the lower-priced store-brand (which traditionally would be expected to have a "weaker 'n' thinner" flavor/texture), rather than a costlier "big name" product.
Being on SSI and Food Stamps and thus having a very-limited budget, I am used to just buying the "el-cheapo" store-brand of groceries whenever I can stand their usually-milder-tasting flavors. Occasionally I do "splurge" and buy the pricier "fancy-pants" foods, though, when the taste is dramatically better, such as Nutella hazelnut spread or Armour Vienna sausage. One startling exception to this latter condition, though, was in the case of Dinty-Moore beef stew as opposed to just the Great Value brand... I bought a can of DM just to try it out in comparison to the WalMart brand, and I had a total case of generic-grocery gawk --- the Dinty-Moore brand was absolutely a-w-f-u-l, whereas the richly-tasty Great Value stew won hands-down! Boy, ya never know till ya try it, do ya???
by QuacksO February 25, 2019
Get the generic-grocery gawkmug. by Hp September 6, 2016
Get the grocery dickmug. 
An item that can be easily obtained with sufficient money and a travel to the nearest grocery store. This contrasts with the elusive nature of acquiring additional screen time from parents, which often lacks a specific method or location.
While the grocery store is just a short trip away, negotiating for extra screen time feels like an uphill battle.
by Emotional Cruiser July 25, 2025
Get the grocerymug. Friend A: Man, gas prices are getting crazy-high lately. It's up to 2.48 a gallon.
Friend B: I told you about that. Better off going to Ingles or Kroger and pump that 1.98 grocery gas and keep it moving.
Friend B: I told you about that. Better off going to Ingles or Kroger and pump that 1.98 grocery gas and keep it moving.
by McWritah January 14, 2016
Get the grocery gasmug. A bag with different things in it. As expertly defined by a certain orange-tinted wordsmith, groceries are apparently just a collection of random items thrown into a bag—because, you know, words are hard. Forget the centuries-old concept of food shopping; this groundbreaking revelation confirms that if you put a bowling ball, a live ferret, and a VHS copy of Top Gun in a bag, congratulations—you now have groceries.
"I went to the store for groceries, but since it's just 'a bag with different things in it,' I grabbed a wrench, a rubber chicken, and a copy of The Art of the Deal. Nailed it."
by animaltrainer78 April 3, 2025
Get the groceriesmug.