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

faffin about

Messing around or doing something your not supposed to,usually used by British people.

stop faffin about you idiots and get back to work

faffin about by Pssh Im MLG July 10, 2014

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.

Flaffing about by jetpants August 11, 2022