(Or grandpa shopping.) The practice of making a trip to the grocery store almost every single day and only buying food for one day's meals/snacks at a time, rather than shopping for the whole week, two weeks, or month. Often done by people who have a lot of free time on their hands - i.e. elderly retirees (hence the name), stay-at-home moms who are waiting for kids to get out of school, etc. This daily trip to the store is the main social event of their life.
When Claire had gone six months without a date, she was tempted to start granny shopping just for the increased chance of meeting somebody at the grocery store one day.
by DobbyCanOnlyBeFreedIf January 06, 2014
Going to Bars on busy nights such as Valentine’s Day to “shop” for someone else’s unwanted “Second Hand crap”.
Jacob was feeling lonely on Valentine’s Day, so he went downtown around midnight to do some “Thrift Shopping”.
by KRiver February 15, 2020
by bobandbill12 November 13, 2011
by crazybeardedman May 12, 2008
A person who is of the same caliber as a mechanic shop intern who sits on his/her ass all day. Someone who is completely devoid of all motivation to do anything.
C: Ellen is such a shop-slacker who never does any work.
D: Did you just say shop-slacker?!
C: Indeed.
D: Did you just say shop-slacker?!
C: Indeed.
by hollowoath September 16, 2009
A hot shop is a business which treats its employees that bad, that it's almost about to explode. It is a slang of trade unions to describe one of two cases:
1. Without the need of professional organizers the anger of the employees has reached such high levels that they have organized themselves, and are about to sign up for union membership.
2. The only thing that keeps this business running is the bad pay, unpaid overtime hours, and sacrifice of the workers.
1. Without the need of professional organizers the anger of the employees has reached such high levels that they have organized themselves, and are about to sign up for union membership.
2. The only thing that keeps this business running is the bad pay, unpaid overtime hours, and sacrifice of the workers.
AFL: You won't organize that hot shop, would you? If it's going out of business, its workers will be unemployed!
CIO: If it only exists to exploit them, it deserves no better. Hold my beer!
Syndicalist: Don't send Steve! That’s the guy who screwed up the hot shop.
CIO: If it only exists to exploit them, it deserves no better. Hold my beer!
Syndicalist: Don't send Steve! That’s the guy who screwed up the hot shop.
by Trac3R February 23, 2020
A division of Google that lets you search all online shops. It can be very useful in some cases...but usually you get really repetitive results.
Dude 1: Ugh, I can't find any tourettes guy DVDs on Ebay or Amazon.com!
Dude 2: Oh...well then try a Google Shopping search.
Dude 1: It says, "You search did not match any documents"!
Dude 2: Well, sucks for you. Go find it in a store.
Dude 2: Oh...well then try a Google Shopping search.
Dude 1: It says, "You search did not match any documents"!
Dude 2: Well, sucks for you. Go find it in a store.
by Mechanic1d January 15, 2012