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1) someone who doesn't conform to normal social standards, or who picks bits and pieces off from different cliques to create their own

2) someone who drifts in and out of social conversation within a group of people

3) someone who drifts back and forth from reality and fantasy. (they are usually quiet and observant)
it will be hard to hold her attention, after all, she has always been a drifter.
drifter by leoncat July 4, 2014
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I hope the war goes on forever, you get drafted, and fucking die. 

One of the most hateful insults. You're telling the person that you hope the war in Iraq and Afghanistan go on forever so they can get drafted and die.

Popularly used in The Office.
Josh: I hope something bad happens to you.

Dave: I hope the war goes on forever, you get drafted, and fucking die.
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sunburned drifters with soapsud beards 

You know, it's that thing when a hobo becomes a rich man, so they take the big bubble bath.

Defined by Bill Hader as Stefon on Saturday Night Live.
You can find sunburned drifters with soapsud beards in NY's hottest club, Crease.

shit drifter 

when a shit of a good size is in the toilet bowl, and when u go to flush in stead of breaking and going down it drifts around the bowl leaving skid marks
dude come lookat this log i dropped i think it might be a shit drifter
shit drifter by shit*king April 29, 2009
a person who intenionally breaks rear tire traction while cornering, usually following the racing line. This is someone who drifts, see drifting
Wow, look at that drifter in that DB9!
drifter by GTP_TunerFocus July 28, 2010

Vinyl Drifter 

A DJ that refuses to play commercial music, one whose constantly seeking undiscovered or forgotten 45's and experimental music.
I just got back from Amoeba music. Boy, I feel like a vinyl drifter after digging in those dusty record bins.

"Do you have any Rhianna?!!" DJ- "Whose that?"
Vinyl Drifter by Tek Zeus February 5, 2014

internet drifter 

(Basically just the internet version of an actual drifter)

Internet drifters tend to:

- Not maintain online relationships very much

- Try a lot of different games but not spend a ton of time with only one of them

- Sometimes not respond to messages very quickly

(- Probably lurk on discord servers)
Person 1: "You're such an internet drifter!"
Person 2: "What's an internet drifter?"