by brock November 13, 2003
E-disease that kills people . . . caused by exposure to endless quibbling through electronic channels tv, email, texting, web-surfing, phoning, tweeting.
Quibble Virus or Viral Quibbling kills more people per year, from stress related disease, than any organic virus like AIDs, Herpes, Malaria, or H1N1.
by Vid Opina August 13, 2009
A man, who sneaks into the room of unsuspecting mothers, and does a strange ritualistic dance around them called the quibble quable. usually causing bad dreams, or awkward rashes
by Bajo September 16, 2007
my friends and I decided that a round of tequila shots were in order. We all drank them down one by one with a lick of salt and a suck of lemon, but the result left us feeling quite quibbly for a moment or two
by Winogirl July 11, 2008
The "vintage" whiny-toned "petty-squabbles" bu**s**t that Abigail VanBuren "recycles" from question-letters that she received way back in the '60's and '70's... sawdusty-dry boring "outdated" crap that we modern and more-socially-enlightened folks "know better now" than to create or encounter, but that we're all forced to suffer through on Abby's daily column, as if it's actually still valid "current-times" stuff.
An example of the "quaint quibbles" that are seldom an issue nowadays, but which still seem to irritatingly form the bulk of Ms. VanBuren's column:
Dear Abby,
I am getting married to "Sam" in June. My future mother-in-law, "Claire", wants to be our wedding-planner; she reasons that since she is hosting (and largely funding, as neither I nor my fiancé have spare cash) the wedding, she should be allowed to dictate the wedding-arrangements, and to choose which guests to invite. "Claire" comes from a strictly-orthodox and conservative background, and so she wants our wedding to be formal and dignifierd, whereas my husband-to-be and I prefer a simpler and more-casual setting. In addition, "Claire" has really atrocious tastes when it comes to decor; frankly, her house resembles the inside of a ghost-mansion, with dark curtains, drab wallpaper, etc. So "Sam" and I fear that "Claire" will ruin our wedding with her cheerless presentation-ideas, plus she has occasionally hinted not-so-subtly that she disapproves of many of our friends, claiming they are too "trendy" and undignified. We want our "special day" to be just that --- special, which means being surrounded by the people we enjoy, not just the insipid and overly-judgemental folks whom "Claire" approves of.
Abby, how can we preserve our amicable footing with "Claire" (she will soon be part of our extended family, after all), while maintaining the enjoyment of ourselves and our wedding-guests?
Distressed in Detroit
Dear Abby,
I am getting married to "Sam" in June. My future mother-in-law, "Claire", wants to be our wedding-planner; she reasons that since she is hosting (and largely funding, as neither I nor my fiancé have spare cash) the wedding, she should be allowed to dictate the wedding-arrangements, and to choose which guests to invite. "Claire" comes from a strictly-orthodox and conservative background, and so she wants our wedding to be formal and dignifierd, whereas my husband-to-be and I prefer a simpler and more-casual setting. In addition, "Claire" has really atrocious tastes when it comes to decor; frankly, her house resembles the inside of a ghost-mansion, with dark curtains, drab wallpaper, etc. So "Sam" and I fear that "Claire" will ruin our wedding with her cheerless presentation-ideas, plus she has occasionally hinted not-so-subtly that she disapproves of many of our friends, claiming they are too "trendy" and undignified. We want our "special day" to be just that --- special, which means being surrounded by the people we enjoy, not just the insipid and overly-judgemental folks whom "Claire" approves of.
Abby, how can we preserve our amicable footing with "Claire" (she will soon be part of our extended family, after all), while maintaining the enjoyment of ourselves and our wedding-guests?
Distressed in Detroit
by QuacksO April 16, 2019
A term used by Air Force Instructor Pilots to make students shut up and color. Similar to the phrase used on children “no-talking back” an IP, especially faip’s, reserve the right to tell a student to stop quibbling during a debrief to a flight.
The students usually only quibble things they believe they did correctly, but the IP thinks differently.
Some students do nothing but quibble and end up in a T38 slot so there’s less crew that have to listen to them.
The students usually only quibble things they believe they did correctly, but the IP thinks differently.
Some students do nothing but quibble and end up in a T38 slot so there’s less crew that have to listen to them.
by flunked as a casual July 16, 2020
Your mom quibbled on my nips last night and it took goo-gone to remove the residue.
“Well quibble me timbers.” “Yes, Please”
“Well quibble me timbers.” “Yes, Please”
by Churd Ferguson November 6, 2020