"cshenk" > wrote in message
...
> "Andy" wrote
>> cshenk said...
>>
>>> The name threw me too until someone mentioned 'Big Box' and 'Big Lots'.
>
>> I assumed it just meant any wholesale club where you find 30-count hot
>> dog
>> packs, gallon jars of mayo, 5 lb. cans of tuna and giant tubs of
>> Twizzlers.
>
> Makes sense now to me, but at first, it just didnt 'click' Calling
> someone 'stupid' for not understanduing a regional term not local to them,
> just didnt set well with me.

A "big box store" is any large retail store like Wal-mart, K-mart, Target,
etc.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big-box_store

George L