deshopper en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English shopper English deshopper From de- + shopper.
Meanings
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(UK) A person who practises deshopping.
The deshopper is “stealing beauty” and robbing the product of some of its undetectable essence, without losing the quality of newness which is required for the product to remain returnable.
1999, Ruth A. Schmidt et al., “Deshopping – the art of illicit consumption”, in International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management, →DOI:[…] there is almost no actual control over the behaviour as none of the deshoppers interviewed had ever been caught.
2006, Tamira King, Charles Dennis, “Unethical consumers: Deshopping behaviour using the qualitative analysis of theory of planned behaviour and accompanied (de)shopping”, in Qualitative Market Research, →DOI:They are the deshoppers - a scam that has cost stores £63million this year.
2004 December 8, “Deshoppers Make Returns”, in Metro:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| deshoppers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |