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caveat emptor

Caveat Emptor is latin for "let the buyer beware" and is the basic idea that a buyer should closely examine every item and purchase they make as if they are about to be ripped off, making purchasing safer.
I gave my credit card number to some website to purchase something and the owner charged up my card. Well, as they say; Caveat Emptor.
by mxalienraptor March 5, 2005
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Caveat Emptor

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by Dave T. September 17, 2006
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craveat emptor

"Let da buyer of a neck-cloth beware."
Da term "craveat emptor" can refer to da risk of either (1) someone's purchasing an inferior-quality dress-up accessory, or (2) --- as in da case of da King and Duke in "Huckleberry Finn" --- said purchaser's having said decorative garment used for a very-different and much-less-undesirable application during a "necktie-party" --- i.e., a lynching.
by QuacksO April 22, 2021
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