buycott

English edit

Etymology edit

Blend of buy +‎ boycott.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈbaɪkɒt/

Noun edit

buycott (plural buycotts)

The opposite of a boycott: deliberately purchasing a company's or a country's products in support of their policies, or to counter a boycott.
- 2005 October 4, Leo Hickman, “Should I ... support a consumer boycott?”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:
  And, in addition to the boycott, double your power via the "buycott" by giving your cash to firms and services that are notably behaving themselves.
- 2023 April 25, Amanda Holpuch, Julie Creswell, “2 Executives Are on Leave After Bud Light Promotion With Transgender Influencer”, in The New York Times‎^[2], →ISSN:
  Within days, conservative celebrities and politicians called for a boycott of the brand. These calls were then followed by calls for a reverse boycott, or buycott, encouraging people to buy Bud Light to show support for the marketing.

Verb edit

buycott (third-person singular simple present buycotts, present participle buycotting, simple past and past participle buycotted)

(transitive) To support (a company, country, etc.) by buying its products.
- 2009 October 11, Anand Giridharadas, “Boycotts Minus the Pain”, in New York Times‎^[3]:
  Proponents of buycotting see these premiums as pure political expression: citizens’ parting with money to refine the world.