What it means
A feeding frenzy is when a crowd spots one hot thing and all sense of decorum legs it. Everyone piles in at once for the bargain, the freebie, the tickets, the gossip, whatever's suddenly scarce. It doesn't have to involve food at all. It's about that rabid mob energy where people go a bit feral over something they barely cared about ten minutes earlier.
Usage examples
"The Black Friday drop was a feeding frenzy, lads shoving past the ropes, snatching the last console, and security sprinting over like it was match day."
"When the Black Friday doors opened it was a proper feeding frenzy, two blokes fighting over the last telly."
"The press turned the celebrity divorce into a feeding frenzy, eight tabloids on the front lawn before breakfast."
"Soon as the sample sale opened, it turned into a feeding frenzy and people were dragging armfuls of coats to the till like winter was ending forever."
"One rumour about free pizza in the office and the kitchen was a feeding frenzy within thirty seconds, proper survival-mode scenes."
Where it comes from
It started in marine biology for that manic moment when predators swarm prey, especially sharks once blood's in the water. English grabbed the image and ran with it, so now a feeding frenzy means any wild pile-on where people suddenly lose their chill over something limited, juicy, or up for grabs.
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