Catch my drift

When you get caught downwind of a fart

As I ran ahead of my friends, I farted and asked them “did you catch my drift?”

by Johnica February 1, 2023

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

Drift

Autobot samurai who was a decepticon who was known as "Deadlock" before

" Person 1: Eyy, what's your favorite transformer? "
" Person 2: Drift "

by IanTheAllosaurusDX October 30, 2023

ICP Drift

The force that creates misalignment between a seller and a prospect and negatively impacts sales. Often caused by undetected subtle changes in the seller's focus, the buyer's environment, or the market itself.

A company and its prospects experience ICP drift - or misalignment over time.

by Empiric November 15, 2023

the Drift

Alternative way of saying "That's the move" and/or "That's not the move" In other words, saying that the topic of conversation is agreeable.

Danny: "Let's drink before going to the club."

Celeste: "Yeah that sounds like the drift, let's save money live better."

by Cunaynay May 5, 2023

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