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		wayneftw on March 30, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Bosses panic-buy spy software to keep tabs on remo... Well if someone is in a panic and they are buying something because of that panic I am going to continue calling that panic buying. I’m sure that the definition or your understanding of that definition will catch up to my forward thinking at some point.

JMTQp8lwXL on March 30, 2020 [–]

The definition provided by Google is probably the the most reasonable option to use, though I can see how pandemic is shifting the colloquial use.

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