garage sailing

The process of driving from garage sale to garage sale (or yard sale, etc) in suburban areas without any real specific goal in mind, or maybe some rough goal, such as "getting a bookshelf." It usually involves intensive haggling over prices.

We woke up early saturday morning to go garage sailing.

by nuage August 26, 2003

garage sale

Sociological term: A method by which people of the 20th and 21st century transferred unwanted items around from one house to the next.

She bought a pogo stick at a garage sale last Spring and sold it at her own garage sale the next Spring.

by annieannieannie October 28, 2003

garage sailing

The act of "hopping" from one garage sail to another, often with the assistance of a newspaper listing.

Dave and Theresa got up brigh and early every saturday and went garage sailing.

by arcan August 25, 2003

garage shop

To find the cheapest way to do something. Ignoring quality at all cost. Trying to make something from scrap either in your own pile or anywhere you can find it just as long as it didn't cost anything or basically as little as possible. Someone much more concerned about cost rather than quality, especially at work when it isn't even his money. When a person makes something cheap and then brags like it's the same quality as something made with all the best. Absolutely under no circumstances ever make something the best even if it's half the normal cost it's still too expensive.

Hey man do you like this fence I made? I got all of the wood in the scrap pile behind Home Depot so I just paid for the nails. Buddy says yeah man it's totally garage shop.

Hey T can you design a tool to help remove these from the machine so the operator won't get hurt? Yeah sure boss you want that garage shop? Boss: Yeah I don't want it to cost too much.

by todalmighty August 27, 2018

garage scientist

This is someone that can be described by one of the following terms: amateur scientist, basement scientist, backyard scientist, citizen scientist, do-it-yourself scientist (DIY scientist), hobby scientist, non-degreed scientist, self-educated scientist, self-taught scientist, kid scientist, or student scientist. This is someone who performs scientific experiments in their garage, basement or backyard, done as a student or as a hobby. This is in contrast to a professional scientist or expert with an actual degree in the scientific field in question, particularly those who engage in scientific research as part of their job and particularly those who experiment in a laboratory or other controlled environment.

“I worry about the garage scientist, about the do-your-own scientist, about the person who just wants to try and see if they can do it.”

by Xpacetrue July 29, 2020

Garage Burner

A Canadian slang term for taking a big dirty shit.

Jeremy: Holy Christ it stinks in here!
John: Hold on, I'm just taking a Garage Burner.
Jeremy: Alright, but Jesus, open a damn window.

by Dr. McMac October 29, 2021

garage dwellers

a garage dweller is a person or so call friend that was down on their luck and homeless at the moment and say their only going to stay at your house for a few days and end up living in your garage forever and they just to seem to multiply

Are any of your friends going to get a job or do they just want to be garage dwellers
forever!?!

by val lane July 25, 2007