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

New Jersey Drift

When someone goes across a 3 or more lane street in one go without turning on your blinker.

This bastard just pulled a New Jersey Drift.

by YepItsXaddy October 23, 2023

New jersey drift

To go from the farthest most left/right lane to the other side of a 3+ lane road

This bastard just pulled a new jersey drift.

by YepItsXaddy October 23, 2023

Let Me Drift Around Your Curves Like A Sunflower Seed

Let Me Drift Around Your Curves Like A Sunflower Seed

Let Me Drift Around Your Curves Like A Sunflower Seed

by TheSpartanicaOfAnyHellstromu3e April 4, 2025

.9.I Will Drift Around Her Curves, I Will See Her Soon, Say She Wants To Know My Name, I Thought She Knew The Truth Because Being Alone In the Dark Is The Sunflower Deed For The Absurd.9.

.9.I Will Drift Around Her Curves, I Will See Her Soon, Say She Wants To Know My Name, I Thought She Knew The Truth Because Being Alone In the Dark Is The Sunflower Deed For The Absurd.9.

.9.I Will Drift Around Her Curves, I Will See Her Soon, Say She Wants To Know My Name, I Thought She Knew The Truth Because Being Alone In the Dark Is The Sunflower Deed For The Absurd.9.

by .6.9.7.6.ArimorylulA.8.3.0.5. August 12, 2025

.9.I Will Drift Around Her Curves, I Will See Her Soon, Say She Wants To Know My Name, I Thought She Knew The Truth Because Being Alone In the Dark Is The Sunflower Deed, That Is New York In June.9.

.9.I Will Drift Around Her Curves, I Will See Her Soon, Say She Wants To Know My Name, I Thought She Knew The Truth Because Being Alone In the Dark Is The Sunflower Deed, That Is New York In June.9.

.9.I Will Drift Around Her Curves, I Will See Her Soon, Say She Wants To Know My Name, I Thought She Knew The Truth Because Being Alone In the Dark Is The Sunflower Deed, That Is New York In June.9.

by .03.4.3.0.ehayusalulA.3.4.3.0. August 12, 2025

.9.I Will Drift Around Her Curves, I Will See Her Soon, Say She Wants To Know My Name, I Thought She Knew The Truth Because Being Alone In the Dark Is The Sunflower Deed, That Is New York In June. Too much Stalling That Is Their Coccoon.9.

.9.I Will Drift Around Her Curves, I Will See Her Soon, Say She Wants To Know My Name, I Thought She Knew The Truth Because Being Alone In the Dark Is The Sunflower Deed, That Is New York In June. Too much Stalling That Is Their Coccoon.9.

.9.I Will Drift Around Her Curves, I Will See Her Soon, Say She Wants To Know My Name, I Thought She Knew The Truth Because Being Alone In the Dark Is The Sunflower Deed, That Is New York In June. Too much Stalling That Is Their Coccoon.9.

by .03.4.3.0.ehayusalulA.3.4.3.0. August 12, 2025