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!
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1. phrase used to reply to a person, of inferior mental capacity, when he/she talks shit about things he has no fucking clue about (usually used to quickly end an argument with one who knows fuck all!)
Used at international political conferences when replying to idiotic world leaders' statements (e.g. George W. Bush), to those that dispute war crimes (e.g. the Jewish holocaust, Armenian genocide, etc.), or those who dispute historical truths (e.g. the Ancient Egyptians built the pyramids, Alexander the Great was hellene, Hitler was a monster, etc.) When any of these statements are made, intelligent folks reply to the Cretin with "Buy a Clue!"
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adjective- a shopper's inquisitive attention toward an item for sale, usually while standing outside a window.
Hey, look at that window shopper, she's buy curious.
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An unholy retail industry that has redundant training, and providing you survive, will indoctrinate you into their low level "blue shirt" cult. The blue-shirts think they are truly respected by upper level management because of the brainwashing recieved during training, but really, they are laughed at whenever seen.
Best Buy has become the Mecca of Nerds, the blue shirts are the priests that molest them.
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Literally means: to die.
A phrase made popular by Robert A. Heinlein's "Starship Troopers".
Shortened version: to buy it
"However, you are just as dead if you buy a farm in an "incident" as you are if you buy it in a declared war."
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Usually only seen in small to mid-sized bars, when a bartender gives a patron a drink "on the house". This usually occurs after the patron purchases three or more drinks. It keeps the patron buying drinks and gives them satisfaction.
Man #1: Sweet! I just got a free drink!
Man #2: Finally a buy back! Let's get some more shots and beer!
Man #1: I love this bar...
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Typically done to celebrate a beloved person's departure. Used by soon-to-be-departed co-workers or friends to describe a party where the departing person(s) prepay a tab at any bar/club and allow friends/co-workers the opportunity to drink as much alcohol as possible until the tab runs out.
So what is a buyout?
Pursuant to Policy 250.1 (Buyouts and Celebrations):
(a) All Employees will, upon departing for a new assignment, be held liable to buy-out of their current position by hosting a going away party for their friends, co-workers, and others.
(b) The going away party will be hereby referred to as a BUY-OUT. The employee(s) will be responsible for providing drinks for the partygoers, up to a reasonable limit as defined by Subsection (e) and (f).
(c) Section (a) will apply to all employees under payroll including Ex-Patriate Resident and Rotational employees.
(d) Under no circumstances is the BUY-OUT to be hosted by the employee's family. The BUY-OUT will take place at a bar or other licensed facility.
(e) The minimum amount of donations required to finance a BUY-OUT will be $500.
(f) Employees may combine BUY-OUT efforts with other employees who are departing for a new assignment. Note that in addition to the applicable provisions in subsection (e), the MINIMUM BUY-OUT amount per employee will be $300. Insofar as they conflict, subsection (f) will prevail.
(g) All BUY-OUT's will expire after three (3) months. If an employee, taking advantage of subsection (f), fails to depart within three (3) months of his/her buyout, they shall be required to host another BUY-OUT.
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