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Old 07-24-2021, 09:09 PM   #37
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Originally Posted by GlenBarrington View Post
FAFFY? I don't get out much.
"faff", verb, is a mostly British colloquialism meaning to fuss or differ dither about ineffectually.

OED suggests it derives from "faffle": a. To stutter or stammer; to utter incoherent sounds. b. To saunter; to fumble. c. Of a sail: To flap idly in the wind.

So faffy would be a product that has us doing lots of fussing about to little effect. Which sounds like exactly what we are looking for.
Last edited by gmw; 07-25-2021 at 01:58 AM. Reason: That should have been dither, not differ ... I can't even blame auto-correct.
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