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)