A nerd who also happens to be a collector. This person can be a collector of anything; stamps, cars, pens, puzzles, 'retro' video game systems, or those tiny soap bars that you find in hotel suites. Pronounced kuh-lehk-turd.
Person 1: Dude, I just got an Atari to add to my gallery of old schoolvideo games!
Person 2: My God, you're such a collecterd.
It's a term reappropriated from Computer Science, which reappropriated it from Garbage Collection Trucks.
Steve: What happened to that office delivery dude that keeps delivering a Hawaiian Pizza every time we order Deep Dish Pizza?
Richmond: Garbage Collected! We had him escorted out of the office building yesterday and told him to never come back again!
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Monica: This girl keeps showing up to class drunk! The teacher finally had her garbage collected!
Samantha: And, what might that mean exactly!?! Did the teacher pick up the trash from around her seat at class or something?
Monica: No need. She was the trash!! He picked her up and took her out with the trash, telling her she was suspended from class for the entire semester!