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Slow progress, beating around the bush.
Generally wasting time.
'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

faff [faffer] 

Brit to spend your time doing a lot of unimportant things instead of the thing you should be doing
I wish you'd stop faffing about and do something useful! Cambridge International Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs
faff [faffer] by Nina24 June 30, 2005
The long brush-ended object used in cleaning a toilet.
a) What you really used the flaffer for that?

b) Yeah, I totally need a new flaffer my old flaffer isn't flaffing enough anymore.
flaffer by Streekdaman December 25, 2011
n. derivation of "FAF" (Fuck And Forget) 1. an attractive woman that would only be good for a one night stand
2. an attractive woman who's personality is unattractive, but who's body is built for sex

v. to have sex with a faffer
She's not really the type of girl you'd wanna date. Yeah, she's a real faffer.

The chick won't shut up about herself, but I'd still faffer.
faffer by johnnyb May 13, 2005
someone who owns a Faff (Toyota Celica GT4 ST205), and so cannot resist faffing about on it - modding, polishing, toying, wiping, preening, shining, buffing, more modding, painting, chroming, blinging.. they just never bloody stop!
'ere, seen Karl's car? He just can't stop faffing about with the thing!
"yeah, a real faffer if ever there was one!"
"hahahaha"

also "I have faff, must faff about!"
faffer by pob1 June 24, 2006
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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 murderer used a serrated blade.
Boffin by Agnon February 11, 2023
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Pee Calculus

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.
Pee Calculus by anorlondo October 1, 2026
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Literally "dirty" pronounced with a West Indian accent. Can also have a positive connotation, for example Sean Paul's album title "Dutty Rock".
"The girl is pretty but she corrupt and dutty!"

or, in a positive usage:

"Booya! That freestyle was dutty!"
Dutty by J Hall April 3, 2003
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korean word for madam, older woman
Ajumma wait a moment
Ajumma by aintnotinbutnice July 5, 2009
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Slop Grenade

When someone uses AI to generate a large document, slide deck, or piece of code/software and tosses it over the fence for you to deal with.
Chad: Hey Brent I sent you the new backend API change to review, it’s only 100 files changed.

Brent: he just tossed me a slop grenade
Slop Grenade by Joe Squid September 28, 2026
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Short-hand for the word floccinaucinihilipilification, meaning the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).
After we broke up, he was floxi to me.
floxi by Dr. Geek May 13, 2009
Word of the Day on September 28, 2026
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