listleak
/ˈlɪstˌliːk/nounVerified NewThe gap between what a shopping trip set out to buy and what the basket contains when it reaches the till.
The list had six things; the trolley has nineteen, half of them never deliberately chosen. Shop layouts are engineered to produce exactly this gap, and the shopper leaves blaming memory rather than shelf ends.
Etym. — list + leak — the plan springing a leak under retail pressure.
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