Krogering
English
Etymology
Kroger + -ing. From a marketing campaign by The Kroger Company that featured the jingle "Let's Go Krogering!"
Noun
Krogering (uncountable)
- (US) Shopping at a Kroger store.
- 1960, Mendelsohn, Jack, Why I Am a Unitarian, Thomas Nelson, page 207:
- If yours is a “happy family”—in the midwest—you go Krogering.
- 2002 February 22, Tottle, Orris, “And the senior shall wind down at the Lion”, in Walker County Messenger, LaFayette, Georgia, page 4:
- Needless to say, our bunch won’t be going Krogering again, like they say down that way.
- 2014, King, Stephen, Mr. Mercedes, New York City: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 214:
- He tells Hodges his folks are off Krogering, and he’s got babysitting duty until they get back.
- 2018 July 26, Craft, Howard, “Last days of Krogering get personal for this Durham shopper”, in The Herald-Sun, Durham, North Carolina, retrieved September 1, 2018:
- While I’ll continue Krogering until Aug. 14, when the Durham stores close, Kroger may have lost me as a customer when traveling and shopping outside of the Triangle and state.
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Verb
Krogering
- present participle of Kroger