Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Slang word of the day: faff around

Today's slang word of the day is faff around. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

faff around

verb

  • to spend time on a non-productive activity; "waste time". Also faff, faff about. British slang.
    A new report says that we waste three hours a day faffing around, doing nothing in particular, pootling, dawdling, pottering, hanging about.

    -- "The joy of simply faffing around", The Guardian, Tom Hodgkinson, 13 August 2008

-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)

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