in the savannah of Africa, an animal is killed/died, all the hyenas circle that animal, they are salivating over eating that food.

in MCN circles, small output WAHM's will advertise a "stocking", they have sewn up a small number of nappies. MCN fanatics will "stalk" the site, and all sit there on the right day, at the right time, all madly clicking REFRESH REFRESH, hoping to be the one to get to buy that item.

so hyenaing means in the MCN sense, when there is stiff competition for very few items. often the items are very spesh (labour intensive) or not many people make those things, so demand is high.

i am a lousy hyena! never fast enough!!

because i have a kid who suits narrow crotched nappies, of which there are not many brands suiting that body type, i have to at least ATTEMPT hyenaing to get what she needs.