cheese tax

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Noun

cheese tax (plural cheese taxes)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cheese,‎ tax.
  2. (Internet slang, 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.
    • 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:
      [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."
    • 2023 March 1, puppysongs, TikTok‎[1], archived from the original on 7 March 2023:
      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'
    • 2024, L. A. Witt, Interference‎[2]:
      I gently tugged the bag of cheese away from Bear. “I already paid the cheese tax, and I’m pretty sure you’re not supposed to eat more than that.”
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