1. Military and/or specifically Marine Corps slang typically meaning one is delegated with a ridiculously easy task or is having an easy day.
2. Missing all of the hard work.
Private first class: "Be glad you weren't here yesterday, they made us clean the porta jons all day long."
Corporal: "yeah I was skatin."
"Sergeant Smith is checking out of the unit, he's skatin today."
"Private Prod has three days off when everyone else is out in the field." (Skatin)
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