Floater is slang for many different things, and the meaning changes dramatically with context. In social slang, a floater is a person who drifts between friend groups, parties, or cliques without committing to one, sometimes seen as adaptable, sometimes as unreliable. In workplace slang, a floater is an employee without a fixed post who covers shifts in different departments, like a floater nurse. In sports slang, especially basketball, a floater is a soft, high-arcing shot over a taller defender, also called a teardrop. In crude bathroom humor, a floater is slang for a piece of stool that floats in the toilet. In vision slang, floaters are those tiny specks or threads that drift across your field of vision. In drug slang, a floater can mean someone who feels high and light, or a pill that floats around at a party. In prison slang, a floater can mean contraband that is passed around. In corporate slang, a floater can be a rumor or idea that is circulated to test reactions. Because it is such flexible slang, it almost always carries the idea of something that does not sink, does not stick, or does not belong firmly in one place.
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