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

Warsaw drift

When you drift off to sleep with your hand on your junk.

I fell asleep in Warsaw drift because my wi-fi was down

by Skott Crol August 28, 2019

nut drift

When a testicle falls out of your tighty whiteys.

I've got nut drift on my right side.

by Shitstick1969 October 2, 2018

Tokyo Drift

When you fart outside the car before you get in and it follows you in in to the car.

Driver: this car stinks!
Passenger: Sorry I farted outside, must have been a Tokyo Drift.

by benjigrin October 4, 2021

Distracted Drift

"Distracted Drift"

When driving you notice erratic driving such as slowing /speeding patterns, drifting into your lane, and so on as a result of using their mobile for texting/posting/browsing.

"Man, I was on my way into work this morning and was almost taken out by the peckerhead doing the 'distracted drift.' I expected it ot be a kid but it looked like a soccer mom on Facebook."

by Renees Bill July 23, 2013

Do you catch my drift

The earliest quotation in the Oxford English Dictionary for this sense of "drift" is dated 1526: "Harde it is . . . to perceyue the processe and dryfte of this treatyse."
Found on "Phrases dot org"

The speaker may be having trouble communicating with their audience and not knowing how to better explain.

This is similar to "do you feel me?" or "do you get it?".

Otherwise there is a certain mentality and a certain consciousness along with what the speaker & the audience are generally known to understand.

Bugsy says to his cohorts in crime "I took care of it. Do you catch my drift?".

by Hare Krsna Gardening December 26, 2022

drift

vibe or flow of things

Stop ruining my drift
That's just the drift of it

by 4amcoochie March 19, 2020