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shwopping

shwopping noun: the practice of taking old items to a shop to be donated or recycled, while also buying new items.

Noun

shwopping (uncountable)

  1. The practice of taking old items to a shop to be donated or recycled, while also buying new items.
    • However, perhaps the most interesting thing about shwopping was the attempt to engage the consumer. This non-product campaign incorporated a highly innovative social media strategy alongside other forms of media and PR activity.2013, Nick Coad, Paul Pritchard, Leading Sustainable Innovation

Origin of shwopping

Blend of shopping + swapping.

Questions about shwopping

What does shwopping mean?
Shwopping means the practice of taking old items to a shop to be donated or recycled, while also buying new items.
What part of speech is shwopping?
Shwopping is a noun.

Words near shwopping in the dictionary

  1. shweet
  2. shweshwe
  3. Shwetha
  4. Shwethambara
  5. shwifty
  6. shwopping
  7. shwr.
  8. shwrs.
  9. shxt
  10. shy
  11. shy away

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