A comic book fandom term that refers to the increasingly common practice of waiting for a series' trade paperback collection to come out, rather than reading the individual monthly issues.
Person 1: Hey man, what'd you think of the this month's Scalped?
Person 2: Haven't read it, I'm trade waiting.
Person 2: Haven't read it, I'm trade waiting.
by yupp395178 January 11, 2011