Expression that denotes a mental shock, particularly when somebody asks something totally new in a difficult, alien or unknown dialect.
It originated from the shocking experience of immigrants shopping in an American supermarket, when asked about paper or plastic bags; it is a common first culture shock.
Referring to safe sex practices, requiring either STD test results (paper) or condom (plastic).
I told my new boyfriend that when we get ready to have sex, it's either paper or plastic, that's my policy.
By Nada
Paper In Plastic
The ridiculous invention of various elderly citizens who think that if their milk spillsin a paper bag inside of a plastic bag, their 1955 Ford won't be ruined. Also, it is easier to carry/stand up/heavier, all of which are not at all true. A cashier's worst nightmare.
A question one asks when one is told of a very ugly girl. In effect, it is asking whether this girl should take to wearing a paper sack over her head, or whether she's so incredibly fuck-awful that the only thing left is for her to suffocate herself with a plastic bag.
Dude, I met this chick at a Wendy's the other night. She was super into me. Too bad she was fugly...