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'She was mastering the art of faffery in that lesson.'
Faffery by Meadhbh January 4, 2008
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A fussy, indecisive individual, prone to procrastination, dithering between tasks,and who is easily distracted and achieves very little. In-two-minds, he/she flops from one thing to another and starts all over again.
"A faffer is the enemy of time, effortlessly consuming it while pretending to be constructive" - Quote
George emptied his rucksack and reordered the contents putting his shaving gear at the top, deciding he would need it first when he got off the plane, changed his mind and replaced it with his route map. What a faffer! At the last minute he wanted a pee, and the airport coach left without him.
Elmerdale was a wet. His girl-friend always had to tell him what to do. Left on his own he would faff his life away with trivial, unimportant tasks, getting in a muddle, forgetting the things that mattered. He polished his glasses three times before a stranger at the next table reminded him he had cleaned them already and pointed out his shirt cuffs were soaked with tea.
faffer by Henley January 1, 2009

Faffling 

Faffling is when a person performs a completely random and pointless act, e.x. Little Jae and David is gonna play a game. But instead of joining David, Jae is watching porn. Short for that is faffling
Guy 1: Dude come over to my house so we can drink!

Guy 2: Nah, I'm watching a new movie with Verne Troyer!

Guy 1: Stop faffling!
Faffling by Junken January 12, 2014

faffalanche 

Portmanteau of the words faff and avalanche.

Generally used to describe a situation where one persons faffing causes a series of faffs from several people, usually resulting in delay.

These faffs would most likely have not occured were it not for the initial faffer, therefore they have caused a faffalanche.
Example 1: Group of people just about ready to leave the house.

Person 1: "Taxi's here!"
Person 2: "Oh, hang on, im going to change my shirt"
Person 3: "I might change mine if you are"
Person 4: "Im going to use the toilet while you do that"
Person 5: "Im going to grab another beer then"

A faffalanche has been caused.

Example 2:

Person 2: "I might change my shirt"
Person 1: "Don't, the taxi's here and you'll cause a faffalanche"

A faffalanche has been prevented.
faffalanche by Phil Hendrick October 25, 2007
A spin off the world faf, which means fuck ass fail. Used to describe people who are terrible at doing something, or people who are just plain stupid. Like, you shun them, stupid. FAF can also mean fat as fuck, or fat ass fool.

Sounds like the word buffalo.

When you hear the song buffalo soldier by Bob Marley, you can sing the words as
"Faffalo (_insert name here_), fuck ass failure, faffalo (name), is the (queen/king) of the faffalos."
"OMG that girl Yagzel thinks she's got the stuff since she's a lesbian anorexic. She's such a faffalo!"

"Omg our teacher Ms. Sternandez is such a faffalo!"

"Nicki Finaj is such a faffalo! She definitely got a boob job!"
faffalo by slyslyde August 1, 2013

Fuffeling 

fuffeled; to fuffel

The period of breathing before laughter.
Oh man Cassie, you're always fuffeling, I never hear you laugh!
Fuffeling by CASSPASSGASS December 13, 2010
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Frothability 

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Soul digger

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pod person 

A person pretending to be something they aren't, or an impostor. This is inferred because of the old alien movies where alien pods appear on earth and the "pod people" dispose of the humans and slowly reproduce the bodies, pretending to be humans.
The pod person was pretending to be my father, but I knew that he was an alien when he acted differently than my father ever would have.
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A dead drop is a location used to secretly pass items between two people, without requiring them to meet.

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A common place is to duct tape the item to the underside of a toilet cover in a public restroom.

A signal is sometimes used as well to indicate there is something to pickup, like a pile of stones in a certain formation. After checking the drop the signal is removed.
"The dead drop is the restroom toilet at the Gulf station at the corner of Commercial Ave. and Georges Rd."
dead drop by rubberroom July 23, 2008
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No Surprises Wedding

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This designation comes from Reddit, where so many stories of bad wedding behavior indicated a need to communicate expectations for the wedding behavior of attendees.
You are cordially invited to the nuptials of Brian and Tom on October 31 at noon.

Please note that this wedding is child-free (under 10) and a No Surprises Wedding (NSW). Reach out to wedding planner Sami Smith to request approvals or exceptions; please note that exceptions will be rare. Limited child care for under-10s will be available. All approvals will be noted and included in planning. Unapproved, or surprise exceptions, will result in guests being asked to leave.
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