I may be completely wrong. But I always took it to mean people spending less on stuff they can live without. Either because they can no longer afford it or are expecting something bad to happen on the wallet front

Is there any way I can make this prick not affect my non American life the way my American trump voting ex friends told me its none of my business

Yep I was in one of those mining communities just too young to understand what was going on till the mid to late 90s when I tried to get my 1st job only to realise there was nothing

I remember when she took my milk

While making the calculation look complex enough that the unwashed masses won’t question it