A fork of Rural Dictionary
Usually around seasonal times, bank holidays etc, people tend to buy more food products than they need even though the supermarkets will only be closed for 1-2 days.
wife - 'i must have that last tin of baked beans' husband - 'its xmas darling when will we need baked beans? we dont want to be seen to be panic buying' wife - 'the shops will be shut who knows?? grab it, its the last 1' husband - argghhhhhhh!
Business term, whose definition is: when you panic, and you buy.
Lucy was panic buying 10000 barrel of Russian oil because she was very panicked.
Something that selfish twats do prior to a Covid-19 lockdown and don't even consider other individuals in need for the products being hoarded.
BREAKING NEWS: "CORONAVIRUS IS ON THE RISE". Karens: Starts panic Buying loo roll, canned products, Easter eggs, baby wipes, pasta etc.