grocery shrink ray

English

Etymology

Suggesting a science fiction device to reduce the size of objects.

Noun

grocery shrink ray

  1. (colloquial, figurative) The practice, among manufacturers, of gradually reducing the physical size of grocery items so as to increase profits.
    They applied the good old grocery shrink ray and yet they also raised the price as well!

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