Semantic Drift

When words stop meaning what they used to. Over time, phrases get watered down, co-opted, or twisted until they lose their original punch. Think “literally,” “authentic,” or “disruption.”

Startup bros calling every idea ‘disruptive’ is just semantic drift in action.

by GuyWhoWritesDefinitions September 4, 2025

AI drift

The gradual loss of context in long AI conversations. The model slowly forgets earlier details, starts making stuff up, or goes completely off-topic because it has no real understanding and refuses to ask for clarification. Forces you to abandon the session and start over.

Coined November 10 2025 by developer Joshua Girod after building AI Driftmaster – an open-source tool that saves full uncompacted chat history in a database so you can reload context anytime.

Opposite of human conversation – we say "wait, what were we talking about?" AI just hallucinates forward.

My Claude session had mad AI drift—started talking about cats when we were debugging code.20 messages in:

User: "Fix the login bug"

AI: "Here's a recipe for banana bread"

Classic AI drift.

by nentrapper November 10, 2025

Booze-o-draft

-noun
1. An overdraft used solely for the purchase of alcohol (common amongst students)
2. When an overdraft facility is used to obtain money for purchasing alcohol (common in the lead up to pay day)

1. "This evening I will be making use of my generous Booze-o-draft"
2. "Think I'll need to use the Booze-o-draft today"

by Tom Wilinson November 14, 2010

Pulling a "Drift Apart"

When someone keeps repeating a word a lot in the same small period of time.

Originates from: when girls are rejecting you and keep saying they don't want you to drift apart.

Dude 1: He kept pulling a "drift apart" about his football practice
Dude 2: Yea, man! WE GET IT. STOP REPEATING.

by Meedz ElHussiny September 28, 2012

easy to draft

Likeable, good quality, reliable, good pick

This burger is easy to draft.

by Kboyz December 6, 2016

Float some drift wood

When you fill the toilet with toilet paper and then drop a deuce on top of it appears to "float like driftwood" above the water.

Man this party sucks, I'm gonna float some drift wood and we'll just move on from their.

by licktenstein October 3, 2018

respect the drift

A phrase used towards someone who is complaining about broken controls in racing games.

Person A: Why is the kart not freaking turning?!

Person B: Respect the drift, Person A.

by ChameleonDragon September 16, 2019