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Panic Buying 

Usually around seasonal times, bank holidays etc, people tend to buy more food products than they need even though the supermarkets will only be closed for 1-2 days.
wife - 'i must have that last tin of baked beans'
husband - 'its xmas darling when will we need baked beans? we dont want to be seen to be panic buying'
wife - 'the shops will be shut who knows?? grab it, its the last 1'
husband - argghhhhhhh!
Panic Buying by fastforward December 21, 2008

Panic Buying 

Business term, whose definition is: when you panic, and you buy.
Lucy was panic buying 10000 barrel of Russian oil because she was very panicked.
Panic Buying by My10InchHandle January 10, 2023

Panic Buying 

Something that selfish twats do prior to a Covid-19 lockdown and don't even consider other individuals in need for the products being hoarded.
BREAKING NEWS: "CORONAVIRUS IS ON THE RISE".

Karens: Starts panic Buying loo roll, canned products, Easter eggs, baby wipes, pasta etc.

Panic Buyers 

People who’re so scared they buy everything they can find in Walmart. Typically, people seeing others panicking encourages them to panic and buy a ton of shit, too.
“Those panic buyers bought all the goddamn toilet paper
Panic Buyers by Pink Lemons March 17, 2020

Panic buyers 

Panic buyers should be shot on sight
Panic buyers by Lapford Mafia November 1, 2020

Stealthie 

when you're holding up your phone and making faces at it, as though you are taking a selfie, but you're really taking a picture of the person across from you or the wall or anything else that seems interesting but you don't want to be caught dead taking a picture of.

This action is often made more convincing by wiggling the eyebrows or opening the mouth, to pretend you're trying to get a Snapchat filter to work.
FRIEND A: "Did you just take a stealthie of me?"

FRIEND B (turning phone around): "no I was just using snapchat's new filter, see?"
Stealthie by gwenhyfar October 2, 2016
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