"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.
Based on the 2020 toilet paper shortages.
by slutilda March 14, 2020
Get the buying the toilet paper mug.Rory in the Gilmore Girls, (referencing the 1973 movie Paper Moon), says that bringing an article of clothing back to a store to return multiple times, will lead the sales clerk into believing that Rory is "paper-mooning them".
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Turbo tax is trying to paper-moon me by pretending that the free edition is always free; that's why they hide the Freedom version on a separate website!
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Turbo tax is trying to paper-moon me by pretending that the free edition is always free; that's why they hide the Freedom version on a separate website!
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Get the strikin' paper mug.He annoys me because constanly brags about being so tough, but at least he can back up his statements, unlike a paper tiger.
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Get the paper tiger mug.The act of gratuitously making exorbitant amounts of money in a very short amount of time, thereby inciting many jealous haters to hate on you.
Charles Barkley: "I don't care how much they pay him, Ernie, this kid is a disgrace to basketball, he epitomizes everything wrong with the game today!"
Ernie Johnson: "Now, Charles, it seems to me that you're hatin' on Riley 'cause he stack paper to the ceiling and rides on 24" chrome."
Charles Barkley: "Yea, thats true."
Ernie Johnson: "Now, Charles, it seems to me that you're hatin' on Riley 'cause he stack paper to the ceiling and rides on 24" chrome."
Charles Barkley: "Yea, thats true."
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