General
garage queen
What does garage queen mean?
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."
Origin
Borrowed from car culture, where 'garage queen' means a vehicle babied and rarely driven. EMS flipped it: same vehicle, different reason — it's broken.
Frequently asked questions
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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