Noun: A person who messes up a lot. Considered a failure in a skill or subject.
Verb: To mess up or fail.
Verb: To mess up or fail.
"Oh my gosh, Kathy. You are such a garbinkle, you can't even get the pattern right!"
"I garbinkled so bad on my test, not even an exta credit assignment worth 20 point will get me an 'A'"
"I garbinkled so bad on my test, not even an exta credit assignment worth 20 point will get me an 'A'"
by KhDi October 18, 2011
Get the Garbinkle mug.To react to something in such a manner that whatever you are drinking comes out your nose. This is primarily caused by a surprise of some sort and the surprise is typically as hilarious as the word itself.
I just about garfunkled my coffee when the monkey at the zoo threw some poop and it landed on a guy's ice cream cone.
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Named after UCLA sociologist Harold Garfinkel, the act of violating social norms in order to gauge reactions. Also known as a "breaching experiment."
by The real Alex December 31, 2009
Get the Garfinkeling mug.When a well connected, wealthy family sets up an unmotivated, moronic offspring in a powerful job/role/position/etc. in order to save face.
A: How did ______ get hired as the new vice-president?! Last time I saw him/her she was stoned in his/her grandma's basement for weeks on end.
B: Dude, ______ was garfinkeled.
A: Ah, the company's gonna go bankrupt.
B: Dude, ______ was garfinkeled.
A: Ah, the company's gonna go bankrupt.
by Icannadoeet November 30, 2016
Get the Garfinkeled mug.To dispose of a lot of garbage a bit at a time (in a trickle).
Many municipalities limit the amount of garbage a household can put on the curb each week. A homeowner can dispose of construction waste by renting a dumpster or they can frugally put one bag of the construction waste out each week.
Of course, garbickling saves money but the backlog of waste tends to annoy the spouse.
Many municipalities limit the amount of garbage a household can put on the curb each week. A homeowner can dispose of construction waste by renting a dumpster or they can frugally put one bag of the construction waste out each week.
Of course, garbickling saves money but the backlog of waste tends to annoy the spouse.
I am too cheap to rent a dumpster so I am going to garbickle that old drywall.
The neighbor always has an extra bag at the curb; I think he's a garbickler.
They are always bickering about his garbickling.
The neighbor always has an extra bag at the curb; I think he's a garbickler.
They are always bickering about his garbickling.
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