Flaffing about

Doing a thing that should in principle be simple and straightforward but is needlessly a pain in the ass.

Undertaking activity to achieve a goal that is needlessly finicky, tedious, or pernickety.

Stop flaffing about trying to order using the app and just go next door and order the pizza.

by jetpants August 11, 2022

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.

by eydryan September 20, 2011