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burrito taxi en · NOUN

Etymology

Apparently coined by Twitter user Sabrmattrics in a meme in which a man arguing "Inflation is bad" concedes that actually prices appear high because he "ordered a private taxi for [his] burrito".

Meanings

1. (US, derogatory) The delivery of takeaway food ordered through an app or online platform.
   • have family dinner – if you have a family where know where they are, are speaking to each other, or not working 2 jobs (to pay for private taxis for your burritos, so you can be efficient to keep working to pay for the private burrito taxi) 2024 August 18, Robert De Pinto, “How we kept sane in the 1970's vs 2024”, in Substack:
   • The funding mechanism that’s in the bill the Senate passed is a 10% surcharge on ride-hail rides, and a $1.50 tax on food and goods delivered to homes via car or truck – the so-called “burrito taxi tax,” though it would apply to Amazon, UPS, FedEx and other home deliveries too. 2025 September 22, “Kam ‘can guarantee you’ that Fiscal Cliff legislation will get done”, in High Speed Rail Alliance, archived from the original on 28 Sep 2025:
   • On the one hand, it's a free country, and anyone is welcome to pay for a burrito taxi in $10 installments over a month and a half. 2025 March 25, Emily Stewart, “Burrito now, pay later”, in Business Insider:
   • But as a way to reduce what’s on a busy person’s proverbial plates, meal kits are generally a more affordable option than succumbing to the private burrito taxi. 2024 October 12, Jessica Roy, “Here’s just how expensive food delivery in California has become versus groceries”, in San Francisco Chronicle:
   • The “burrito taxi” was an internet meme that took aim at the perceived entitlement of America’s millennial left. [2025 August 6, “Starmer versus the burrito taxi”, in The Economist, retrieved 16 Oct 2025:
   • If you don’t want to spend the time it takes to prep and cook, that’s fine! Just don’t pretend like a $30 burrito taxi is your only option, and please for the love of all that is holy, stop using the word economical because you clearly don’t know what it means. 2025 January 6, Jacob Weindling, “The Food Discourse Is Ridiculous and People Who Don’t Know Math Are Being Silly”, in Splinter:
   • Around that time, I noticed the handle "Tax Burrito Taxis" on Chicagoland transit advocate social media. The catchphrase implied that, since it's not completely necessary to get restaurant food delivered by drivers, the $1.50 climate impact fee to fund transit is a good idea. 2025 June 21, John Greenfield, “Thoughts on the proposed $1.50 fee for deliveries by drivers to fund transit and fight climate change: Don’t fear the “Burrito Taxi Tax””, in Streets Blog Chicago:

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