"I went window shopping the other day, and got me a Louis Vuitton bag priced at five thousand dollars for nothing. It was quite a deal". The term is based on the looting occurred during the latest riots across America in May 2020
When you keep looking at something that you want, but don't have the money for.
I can't stop window shopping for a car!
scoping out books at a book store that you want to read but don't want to spend money buying it
im going to borders to go book window shopping for books i'll take out in the library free of charge
When you go on a shopping website and add a bunch of items to your shopping cart but don't buy anything.
*on clothing website*
Friend 1: Wow that top looks cute you should buy it.
Friend 2: Nah I'm broke so I'm just windows shopping.
Spending time looking at items on on-line shopping sites but ultimately buying nothing.
A: Last night I was looking at Amazon, EBay, a whole bunch of sites....
B: Wow, how much did you buy?
A: Oh, nothing, I was just Windows-shopping.