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Shopping without commitment, reading without purpose, the dignified cousin of scrolling.
means To look over things casually, sampling a little here and there without settling on one — in a shop, a book, or online.
from From Old French 'brost' meaning a twig or shoot, which gave rise to the verb for how deer and cattle feed — nibbling leaves and young sprouts here and there rather than grazing in one spot. By the 1800s, English stretched the word to humans doing the same thing among books or goods: a little taste here, a little taste there, never committing to the whole meal.
- origin
- from old french for young shoots, as in grazing animals
- retail term
- store owners love it until you leave empty handed
- tab debt
- 47 open tabs is browsing, not research