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Fa·fa·ing (verb) /fɑ -fɑ -ɪŋ/

Definition: The act of intentionally or unintentionally stalling, derailing, or filling airtime with idle talk, nonsensical blabbering, irrelevant anecdotes, or total non-sequiturs, usually to avoid answering a direct question, delay a decision, or simply hear oneself talk. Typically, disrupts other work for 20-30 minutes or more. Could also be the result of procrastination, boredom, or want for human interaction.

Forms:

Infinitive: To fafa (/fɑ -fɑ /)

Present Participle: Fafaing

Past Tense: Fafaed

Noun: Fafaer (one who fafas); Fafa ("Cut the fafa.")
"Damn! Chris is fafaing the other salesmen again..."

"Stop fafaing and just tell me where you put the car keys."

"The politician spent the entire ten-minute interview fafaing about his childhood summers instead of addressing the tax plan."

"We were supposed to have a 15-minute quick sync, but Mark fafaed for an hour about his cat's spiritual awakening."
FAFAING by TheFafa August 20, 2026
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Fa·fa·ing (verb) /fɑ -fɑ -ɪŋ/

Definition: The act of intentionally or unintentionally stalling, derailing, or filling airtime with idle talk, nonsensical blabbering, irrelevant anecdotes, or total non-sequiturs, usually to avoid answering a direct question, delay a decision, or simply hear oneself talk. Typically, disrupts other work for 20-30 minutes or more. Could also be the result of procrastination, boredom, or want for human interaction.

Forms:

Infinitive: To fafa (/fɑ -fɑ /)

Present Participle: Fafaing

Past Tense: Fafaed

Noun: Fafaer (one who fafas); Fafa ("Cut the fafa.")
"Damn! Chris is fafaing the other salesmen again..."

"Stop fafaing and just tell me where you put the car keys."

"The politician spent the entire ten-minute interview fafaing about his childhood summers instead of addressing the tax plan."

"We were supposed to have a 15-minute quick sync, but Mark fafaed for an hour about his cat's spiritual awakening."
FAFAING by TheFafa August 20, 2026
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faffing about

Wasting time, doing nothing in particular. Also, can mean finding idle tasks to do while wasting time.

Comparable to dilly-dallying.
I'm just faffing about until lunch time.

_or_

- What are you doing there, working?
- Nah, I'm just faffing about.
faffing about by eydryan September 20, 2011

faffing around 

Hey, stop faffing around, and get back to work.
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faffing by snuffles October 16, 2004
To get done really hard by someone else.
I bought a bike from Marty, Thought I was getting a deal and all I got was FAFANG!!
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Stop faffing around and do the dishes!
faffing by Gordon April 2, 2003
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