Brownbagging

Brownbagging or brown-bagging refers to various uses of a typical brown paper bag:

Agriculture

  • A term for the farming practice of reusing seeds from year to year, which is illegal for patented varieties in certain countries

Alcohol

Culture

  • Brown bag test, the practice of judging a person's skin color in relation to that of a brown paper bag.

Food

  • Carrying a packed lunch to work or school, frequently in a brown paper bag
  • A brown bag seminar, an informal meeting or presentation, to which you are welcome to bring your brownbag lunch

Medicine

  • Supplying privately purchased drugs to a hospital or clinic.[2]

References

  1. "Sour Grapes in the Big Apple". TIME magazine. April 2, 1984. Retrieved 2007-12-15.
  2. Fred Gebhart (June 22, 2007). "Final rules may slow brown bagging". Drugtopics.com. Retrieved 2007-12-15. Final rules on hospital participation in Medicare and Medicaid may help pharmacists crack down on patients who try to provide their own drugs for hospital use. The practice is called "brown bagging," from the brown paper bags patients get from retail pharmacies.
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