grab-and-goer

grab-and-goer
n.
A person who dislikes shopping, or does not have much time for shopping, and so tends to select items quickly and without much thought.
Example Citations:
The clichés are that women shop, men buy. But when I went shopping with people — and I went shopping with a lot of men and women — I found that a lot of women are what men are supposed to be, which is the 'grab and goers,' who hate shopping. When a man spends hours and hours and hours online looking for the right cellphone or something like that, he's shopping. But the culture tends not to notice that.
—Lee Eisenberg quoted in Sarah Boesveld, " Q&A: Good news — it's okay to shop: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/work/qa-good-news-its-okay-to-shop/article1357108/," The Globe and Mail, November 9, 2009
There are thousands of workers out there in desperate need of some serious morning nourishment that they can literally just "grab and go"....Unfortunately, convenience and healthy eating don't always go hand in hand, but for the health-conscious grab-and-goer you could always put together some kind of bag meal: a yogurt, some fruit juice, a single-use cereal and milk container, or even a filled bagel.
—Stuart Ferguson, "Breakfast on target," Caterer & Hotelkeeper, January 10, 2008
Earliest Citation:
Keep consistency of category location and brand position on shelf for 'grab-and-goers'.
—"Soup: need a driver, PoS dismal," Grocer, April 5, 2003
Notes:
I'm a bit surprised that grab-and-goer dates only to 2003, since the verb on which it's based — grab-and-go — dates to 1986. In fact, it might be older than that, because in the earliest citation I could find, the author uses it somewhat matter-of-factly and not even in a true retail sense:
The alternative that I'm concerned about . . . Is having a national health care system such as exists in England, or on a small scale right here in this country with the VA Veterans Administration system, where there aren't incentives, everything is grab-and-go, there's a lot of bureaucracy, a lot of boredom.
—Paul Berg, "Rodney Ellis: 'At First I Wanted the Glamor'," The Washington Post, April 16, 1986
Related Words: Categories:

New words. 2013.

Игры ⚽ Поможем решить контрольную работу

Look at other dictionaries:

  • List of past minor and recurring characters from Hollyoaks — This is a list of minor and recurring characters formerly on the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks . See also List of minor and recurring characters from Hollyoaks.2005tacey FoxxPortrayed by Jemma Keys between April 2004 and July 2005.Stacey Foxx… …   Wikipedia

  • self-checkout — (SELF chek.owt) n. A retail system that enables a customer to enter and pay for purchases without the aid of a cashier. adj. Example Citation: Nearly a quarter of all supermarket chains offer self checkout, up from only 6 percent in 1999,… …   New words

  • retail anthropology — (REE.tail an.thruh.POL.uh.jee) n. The principles and practices of anthropology applied to retail spaces and operations. Example Citation: So called retail anthropology now regularly maps the most arcane patterns of consumer behavior: which aisle… …   New words

  • checkout-line rage — n. Extreme anger caused by a perceived wrongdoing or a lengthy wait in the supermarket checkout line. Also: checkout line rage, checkout lane rage. Example Citations: The sin of anger has splintered into so many sub sections (think road rage,… …   New words

  • fast-food zoning — n. Zoning laws designed to keep fast food restaurants out of an area or neighborhood. Example Citations: In an effort to provide residents with more nutritious choices, the L.A. City Council adopted landmark legislation in July mandating a one… …   New words

  • secret shopper — (SEE.crit SHOP.ur) n. A person hired by a retailer to evaluate and monitor the store s employees or operations by posing as a shopper. secret shopping n. Example Citation: Doug Gould, director of mystery shopping for Taco Bell, credits the… …   New words

  • stealth shopper — n. A person who shops secretly to avoid flaunting wealth or to hide expenses from a spouse; a person who purchases expensive items that do not look expensive. stealth shopping pp. Example Citations: But such obvious excess is seriously frowned… …   New words

  • Retail — anchor store BAM battery boutique big box store Black Friday bricks and mortar cash mob checkout line ra …   New words

  • cup-holder cuisine — (KUP hohl.dur kwee.zeen) n. Food meant to be consumed while driving in a car or truck and that comes in a package designed to fit inside a cup holder. Example Citation: This year Kellogg s started selling cereal cups designed for cup holders; as… …   New words

  • dashboard dining — n. Eating a meal while driving. Example Citation: Dashboard dining seems to be a phenomenon of our times. More and more busy people find their car takes the place of the breakfast table. Fran Berkoff, Time to Go Back to Breakfast, The Toronto Sun …   New words

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”