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Floyder

verb
/ˈflɔɪdə(ɹ)/UK/ˈflɔɪdɚ/US

Etymology

From the actions of the Disney animator Floyd Norman. Coined by colleagues at Walt Disney Studios in 2008, as a blend of Floyd + loiter. Popularized by the 2016 documentary film Floyd Norman: An Animated Life.

  1. derived from *lūtaną✻ — “to bend, stoop, cower, shrink from, decline”
  2. derived from loteren
  3. inherited from loitren
  4. compounded as floyder — “Floyd + loiter”

Definitions

  1. To stroll around aimlessly as an aid to creativity.

    • Floyd continues to work for Disney on a freelance basis (as he prefers it) and can still be found Floydering around the Disney Animation campus.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA