dupleshopping

/ˈdjuːpəl ˌʃɒpɪŋ/nounVerified New

Also in: Doppelkauf (Deutsch) · dupliolvido (Español) · redoubli (Français)

The purchase of a second parmesan, chili oil, or butter while the first waits at home, forgotten.

Dupleshopping happens when the cupboard's memory fails at the shelf. The duplicate is discovered at unpacking, exhaled at, and shelved beside its twin. Both are eventually finished, months apart, and the household vows to check the cupboard, a vow renewed at every duplication.

Etym. — duplicate + shopping — the second purchase of the thing already owned.

Rel. — basketdrift

Novelty check: APPROVE

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