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5150 Drift

Style of Hip Hop Music which is mostly about living with mental illness. First used by Oblyveus Cracker A white rapper to describe his style. 5150 stands for a section of the California Welfare and Institutions Code (specifically, the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act or "LPS") which allows a qualified officer or clinician to involuntarily confine a person deemed to have a mental disorder that makes them a danger to him or her self, and/or others and/or gravely disabled. Drift is just another word for flow
example of 5150 drift style lyrics from the song "Unstable" by Oblyveus Cracker-

Three pills in the morning three more each night, still inside I feel so cold and dead I think the dosage aint right. But I do what they say so I stay here outside, cause the walls of the psych ward would eat me alive, 5150 drift I have nothing to hide, keeps me from melting, helps me survive. -
5150 Drift by (====}`~~~$m0k3r July 20, 2010
Related Words

continental drift 

When people of an extremely large size get off their ass/couch and make it out of the house to adventure into the world.
Guy 1: Hey you see how fat that person is? Im suprised theyre not at home eating their face off.

Guy 2: Yeah im suprised too. We got a serious case of continental drift.
continental drift by thatguy105 November 1, 2010

Tokyo Drift 

Verb. The act of being so engrossed in technology in the car that one begins to drive like an Asian person and drift from lane to lane.
Example 1.

Dude 1. Bro! I was driving home and a bitch Tokyo Drifted into me!

Dude 2. Man that totally sucks. Goddamn smart phones and navigators are too interesting.

Example 2

Dude 1. Holy Shit Bro! We almost Tokyo Drifted into that wall!

Dude 2. Damn, my bad I'll stop texting my girl.
Tokyo Drift by YutYutDevil November 14, 2011
Promptly Understeering a motor vehicle into a curb or other structure. Achieved mainly in a Front Wheel Drive vehicle by unintelligent, Fast and Furious, Teenaged males.
After seeing "Tokyo Drift," Jerod got excited and L drifted his Integra.
L Drift by Cale Isaacs January 18, 2008

placebo drift 

"Placebo drift," is an increase in placebo response rate over the years. This effect has been documented with the use of anti-depressants, where people respond more to the drugs than they did in the past, probably because they expect to be helped.
Placebo drift has been documented with the use of anti-depressants, where people respond more to the drugs than they did in the past, probably because they expect to be helped.
placebo drift by UW66 March 14, 2010

Cherry Drift 

An adult beverage composed of: SNOW, cherry coke, and Bacardi Torched Cherry rum.
I got smashed on a Cherry Drift last night!
Cherry Drift by supermandan225 December 13, 2010