To be attacked by a chicken (or other bird's) wings, typically by holding a chicken in front of one's face without pinning their wings, allowing them to fwaff you.
Mr. PB: "I'd feel awful if this great idea fell apart because we got distracted by something else, as we are often wont to do."
Todd: "Wait did you say feel awful or falafel?"
Mr. PB: "I said, ‘Feel awful,’ but tell me more about this falafel idea."
Todd: "Falafel or fawaffle?"
Mr. PB: "What!"
Verb.
1. to waste time doing nothing. 2. to waste time doing stupid things 3. to delay, dilly-dally, especially before leaving the house to be on time somewhere.
Example 1: "I didn't do anything on Sunday; I just faffed around the house."
Example 2:
Person 1: "I can't decided between these 2 jackets to wear to the movies. Which one? Where is my black hat? Oh wait, let me get my phone. Do you know where I put it? Oh and did you feed the cat dinner? Maybe I can just check email really quick right now; we have time."
Person 2: "Stop your faffing. We have to leave now or we won't make it."
Example 3:
"He faffed around on the internet for so long that he was almost an hour late meeting us at the bar."
Karl Pilkington explained to Ricky Gervais and Steve Merchant that travel to foreign lands was a lot o faffin, because you have to get injections just to keep yourself alive during the visit.
British slang for a scientist or technical expert, esp . when the speaker is not certain of the expert’s specific field of study. Not necessarily derogatory, but typically used by persons without a technical background. In the US, the equivalent would be “egghead”, “squint”, or “geek.”
Origin of the word is unknown. Started sometime in World War 2. Given the typical evolution of British slang, could easily have started because what these experts did was confusing or “baffling” to the common person.
According to the boffins downstairs, the murdererused a serrated blade.
When you have to pee in a movie but don’t want to miss anything, and must do the following mental equation: will the amount I have to pee cause enough discomfort to diminish my attention capacity for the remainder of the movie to an extent which is greater than the amount of the movie I would miss by making a mad dash to the restroom.
I saw Satantango last night, wonderful film but by the 5th hour I had to start doing pee calculus.