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Street Slang
making groceries
· phrase · nola
Doing the food shop, NOLA-style.
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Definitions
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Going grocery shopping. Not preparing groceries, not bagging them — buying them. A French loan that refused to die when the language switched.
“Gotta make groceries before the second line kicks off.”
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making groceries In A Sentence
Gotta make groceries before the second line kicks off.
Origin & Usage
Direct calque of French 'faire son marché' — literally 'to make one's market'. The verb survived the translation into English; outsiders just hear it as weird.
Variants
make groceries
People Also Ask
What does making groceries mean?
It means doing the food shop, New Orleans-style.
How do you use making groceries in a sentence?
"I'm heading to the store to make groceries for the week."
Where does making groceries come from?
It's a New Orleans expression, widely traced to the French 'faire son marché' (to do one's shopping).
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