Meanings
alternative vaccine-shopping
- neologismuncountableThe practice of seeking out a certain vaccine that one considers to be superior to other available options, and refusing those other options.
Because vaccines remain in short supply in the United States, there’s been little evidence of vaccine shopping. But preferences have cropped up in Europe, driven partly by nationalism […] and partly by a hunt for the most effective shot possible.
2021 March 1, Robert Weisman, “State officials, community leaders try to dissuade residents from vaccine ‘shopping’”, in The Boston Globe
Origin
Compare shop around (“to actively search and compare options before making a selection or choice of vendor”).
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vaccine shopping. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vaccine%20shopping
“vaccine shopping.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vaccine%20shopping. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “vaccine shopping,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vaccine%20shopping.
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