tillsting
/ˈtɪlˌstɪŋ/nounVerified NewThe small shock of a routine shop ringing up far more than its mental estimate, renewed with every visit to the till.
The same eight items cost noticeably more each month, and the receipt becomes a document read with narrowed eyes. Tillsting is grocery inflation experienced not as a statistic but as a weekly event at the checkout.
Etym. — till + sting — the pain point relocated from the price tag to the total.
Rel. — assignatflation
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