Flailing

Living your life in uncertainty, or confusion. Acting, and doing things without clear purpose or a sense of what is needed but doing it anyway because you want to feel like you're doing something.

Becky "How have you been?'
Sam "Flailing, mostly."
Becky "Oh yup, did you finish that thing you had talked about?"
Sam "No, I don't have the right pieces, and I have no money, and if I don't get back to work soon I'm going to lose my apartment."

Flailing

The motion an octopus uses to get around. Often associated with having a stroke or other sudden muscle spasm.

How to: first, reach your arms out in front of you. Make sure there is a significant distance between them. Second, slowly move your elbows together and let your hands follow with a delay. Move your elbows outwards when there is about two inches between them. Once again let your hands follow with a delay. Let your elbows get far enough away from each other so you are now in a "going in for a hug" position. Repeat this process at a fast pace.

Person1: what's that guy doing?

Person: looks to me he's having a stroke or something, he's flailing like an octopus.

Flailing

Tweaking so hard, body movements are uncontrollable. Usually accompanied with lockjaw.

"Yo, Felicia was flailing, so hard, she forgots to borrow my car, right quick."