pricewhiteout
/ˈpraɪsˌwaɪtaʊt/nounVerified NewThe daily erasure and rewriting of prices under high inflation, which makes money feel weightless.
Menus get stickers over stickers, chalk gets wiped each morning, and contracts carry clauses nobody had heard of five years earlier. When prices expire daily, the future stops being something you can price.
Etym. — whiteout — the blizzard that blanks the page — applied to the price tag.
Rel. — courtesypar
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