shrinkflate
shrinkflate verb: to make a product smaller while continuing to market it at the same price.
Verb
shrinkflate (third-person singular simple present shrinkflates, present participle shrinkflating, simple past and past participle shrinkflated)
- To make a product smaller while continuing to market it at the same price.
- Lately, Mr. Dworsky has had his work cut out for him. With inflation at a 40-year high, business owners have been increasingly shrinkflating their products in an attempt to hide price increases.2022 November 26, Clare Toeniskoetter, “Meet the Man on a Mission to Expose Sneaky Price Increases”, in The New York Times
Forms of shrinkflate
| third-person singular present | shrinkflates |
|---|---|
| present participle | shrinkflating |
| past participle | shrinkflated |
| past | shrinkflated |
Origin of shrinkflate
Back-formation from shrinkflation. Equivalent to a blend of shrink + inflate.
Questions about shrinkflate
- What does shrinkflate mean?
- Shrinkflate means to make a product smaller while continuing to market it at the same price.
- What part of speech is shrinkflate?
- Shrinkflate is a verb.
- What is the past tense of shrinkflate?
- The past tense of shrinkflate is shrinkflated.
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