A person who is using an electronic device (i.e. texting, facebook or any other social media) while walking and not paying attention to their surroundings. They typically drift across the side walk and cutoff or collide with other people on the side walk. They are clueless and seem to be on another planet inside their phones. 99% of the time their heads are down while walking, they only lift their heads to take a sip from the coffee they are usually carrying.

The drifter (Noun) was meandering down the street and almost got hit by a car and then walked into a telephone pole.

drifter (Noun) by DrifterWatch.com January 16, 2014

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Drifter's stitch

A car repair that uses zipties, duct tape, and a drillbit. Usually used for quickly getting back on the road

Dude.. You had to do a drifter's stitch

Drifter's stitch by MrZain05 December 9, 2017

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Drifter’s Brain

A term coined by the shared phenomenon that people who work in tech desire to quit their jobs and go live in the woods or return to nature. The idea that what tech work involves is so physically opposed to what we do as humans, that it compels us to change our lives dramatically and go live in the woods.

Shannon? She’s been here for 5 years already— she must have Drifter’s Brain by now.

Drifter’s Brain by Rosemoth March 14, 2021

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