Definition - Home Brew

WORD: home brew
PHONICS: `hōm `brü
DATE: circa 2007 from JiruChan.

(v.) any piece of work, creation or modification, made by an individual(s) on less than professional terms somewhere outside the production/manufacturing plant (ie at home).

(adj.) calling a piece of work, creation or modification that was made from scratch or assembled by other means than a professional procedure.

EXAMPLES:
- garage kits are considered "homebrew"
- a homemade cake is considered "homebrew"
- hacked games for emulators are known as "homebrew"
- homemade knockoffs (in general) are "homebrew"