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Floydering
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English
Verb
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Noun
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The act of strolling around aimlessly as an aid to creativity.
en Kenneth Turan Disney's first black animator looks back in the incisive doc 'Floyd Norman: An Animated Life w:LA Times Los Angeles, California 25 August 2016 http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-floyd-norman-review-20160823-snap-story.html He's refused to let the fact that he no longer works at the place — he was let go when he was 65 -- stop him from doing what employees have come to call "Floydering," a kind of creative loitering/kibbitzing in the Disney offices. https://web.archive.org/web/20251111061241/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-floyd-norman-review-20160823-snap-story.html 11 November 2025
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