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From Amazing Grace to A Floating Opportunity

An old Southern term an African-American mother uses to describe an long and sometimes well deserved, ass-whooping in order to warn her child, or others who cross her. This African-American saying, used as a motherly warning, first popped up in the 1930 play Mule Bone by Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston.
“You’d better behave, or I’ll knock you from amazing grace to a floating opportunity!”
by ajcub225 June 7, 2019
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Floater

A person without a set group of friends or place to belong to. They drift aAround and meet new people, usually if dating someone. But if that relationship fails, they move onto the next lucky/unlucky clique. Floaters can either work alone or with a partner, but never exist as more than two people. Floaters are usually strange, creative, troubled, and/or have an offbeat sense of humor. Floaters usually don't mind being a floater, although bouts of loneliness may strike at times. A floater is usually single and plays the field.
After breaking up with her boyfriend, Ilona the floater found a new group of friends.


"What group of friends do you sit with?"
"Oh I only sit with my best friend. I'm a floater."
by Lili Blue December 26, 2008
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turd floater

heavy rain that causes the turds of various animals to float out of your yard.
Yo dog, dat rain last night was a real turd floater!
by skeaton May 25, 2004
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Floating cheese

A prolonged conversation of no meaning undertaken exclusively by males under the influence of large quantities of alcohol. Nothing of any value is established through such intercourse the purpose of which is purely for the entertainment of those so engaged. Although utterly hilarious to those participating in a floating cheese conversation such talk invariably leaves sober bystanders and all females wholly perplexed.

The term comes from one such meaningless conversation in which the relative bouyancy of cheese was hotly debated for many hours.
The six old friends enjoyed an evening of strong ale and floating cheese.
by Lee Farmie October 6, 2004
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floating currency

A currency whose value is set by the currency markets; money whose exchange rate relative to other currencies is determined mainly or entirely by unrestricted trading in the currency. Most currencies are dirty float|dirty floats, which means that the government issuing them attempts to manage their traded value in some way; or else hard peg|hard pegs, in which the value is tied to something specific.


When a currency is floating, then its value may rise because the county is running a trade surplus, or it is running a capital account surplus. Floating currencies are not fiat money, although they are often confused for each other.
For most of the last half century, most money used around the world has been floating currency.
by abu yahya September 28, 2008
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knucklebumped a floater

when one's aggressive ass-wiping causes him or her to forcefully strike the chocolaty log within the toilet bowl.
i was taking a behemoth dump on my break before i looked at my phone and saw that i had only one minute 'til punch in time. i was wiping so aggressively/quickly that i, accidentally, knucklebumped a floater.
by todd beanfeather February 24, 2009
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Mario's floating head

Exactly what it implies: the floating head of mario from the asstastic educational game, Mario Teaches Typing 2. Says many incredible, awesome things as "Imma bet you can't do this! WEEEEEEEE!" "Oh,nice computer you got here! Can I have it" and "Oh boy! Finally imma get to move onthe ground"
Inventor of the epic "Mariocise"
Mario's floating head is awesome. Apparently he wants somethingto drinkie!
by Justin Thorson February 27, 2009
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