noun
General Slang
garage queen
· noun · EMS / fire / automotive
The ambulance that spends more time in the shop than on the road.
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Definitions
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An ambulance (or fire apparatus) that's constantly out of service for repairs. You see the rig more often on jacks than on a run. Crews dread getting assigned to it because half your shift is paperwork explaining why you're down.
“Medic 7 is back in the shop again — that thing's a proper garage queen.”
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In car-enthusiast use: a show-quality vehicle kept pristine and almost never driven. Polished weekly, started monthly, raced never.
“His '69 Camaro is a garage queen — six miles on it since the restoration.”
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garage queen In A Sentence
Medic 7 is back in the shop again — that thing's a proper garage queen.
His '69 Camaro is a garage queen — six miles on it since the restoration.
Origin & Usage
Borrowed from car culture, where 'garage queen' means a vehicle babied and rarely driven. EMS flipped it: same vehicle, different reason — it's broken.
Variants
shop queen
People Also Ask
What does garage queen mean?
It's the ambulance that spends more time in the repair shop than out on the road.
How do you use garage queen in a sentence?
"Not that rig again — it's a total garage queen."
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