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cheese tax

cheese tax noun: a portion of cheese given to a domestic animal such as a dog or cat, usually when the cheese is being brought out or prepared for human consumption.

Noun

cheese tax (plural cheese taxes)

  1. (Internet, idiomatic) A portion of cheese given to a domestic animal such as a dog or cat, usually when the cheese is being brought out or prepared for human consumption.
    • [kristakoma:] When you open cheese, he immediately recognizes he^([sic]) sound and climbs onto the table and meows at you until you pay the "cheese tax."2012 November 1, “My cat recognizes Taco Bell bags and will pester the hell out of me until I give him a bite of tortilla. What weird idiosyncrasies do your pets have?”, in Reddit
    • The cheeeese tax! The cheese tax!
      You gotta pay the Cheese Tax every time you're cookin'
      When the cheese comes out this puppy comes lookin'2023 March 1, puppysongs, TikTok, archived from the original on 07 Mar 2023
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cheese, tax.

Forms of cheese tax

pluralcheese taxes

Questions about cheese tax

What does cheese tax mean?
Cheese tax means a portion of cheese given to a domestic animal such as a dog or cat, usually when the cheese is being brought out or prepared for human consumption.
What part of speech is cheese tax?
Cheese tax is a noun.
What is the plural of cheese tax?
The plural of cheese tax is cheese taxes.

Words near cheese tax in the dictionary

  1. cheese stick
  2. cheese sticks
  3. cheese straw
  4. cheese straws
  5. cheese syndrome
  6. cheese tax
  7. cheese taxes
  8. cheese tea
  9. cheese teas
  10. cheese toastie
  11. cheese toasties

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