Messing about, fumbling, mucking about: particularly used in the north of England in a derogatory way, to describe some action the speaker believes is not being done properly, or is being done to slowly and inefficiently.

Kevin, stop tarting about and give me that spanner, you knob head. I'll show you how it's done!

Tarting about by gieowermitherin September 23, 2009

Related Words

tartingles • Tarting • Tarting about • tartingly • Pop tarting • Double Tarting • Sweet Tarting • wet pop-tarting • tasting the rainbow • Torting

Double Tarting

When you eat both Pop Tarts at the same time, one on top of the other. Usually done to save time.

John: "Are you double tarting it right now?"
Mary: "Yeah, man, I like to eat quick."

Double Tarting by J$wag May 9, 2013

Pop-Tarting

The act of talking on a cell phone while it's on speakerphone as you hold it like a pop-tart.

I hate it when people are Pop-tarting on their phones in public.

Pop-Tarting by The Hist March 26, 2020

Pop-Tarting

Sending home a one night stand with a Pop-Tart for breakfast and $20 for a cab.

Kitty couldn't get her one night stand to leave fast enough, she had to resort to Pop-Tarting.

Pop-Tarting by Nine11junky October 1, 2019

Pop tarting

Taking a dump underneath the covers while asleep.

I took NyQuil and Ex-Lax last night and ended up pop tarting in my sleep.

Pop tarting by Anchala April 9, 2008

Sweet Tarting

to flatten a penis with plexiglass and cut it into 6 even strips

Sweet Tarting

Sweet Tarting by Hanking Harold January 4, 2025

Concrete cowboy

A guy who thinks he's a country kinda guy, but in reality lives a comfortable city / suburban life.

Eugene: Look at that dude in the cowboy hat!
Todd: He's just a concrete cowboy.

Concrete cowboy by EugeneJohnson42000 March 16, 2024

Word of the Day on September 20, 2026

hobo loko

any hard liquor that is cheap & potent.. eg. relska, popov, potters, evan williams, kamchatka, fireball, rumpleminze, southern comfort, everclear

hey let's get a drink of that?

go ahead
*takes drink* ugh wtf is that?

everclear & bepsi
fucking hobo loko eeessshh

hobo loko by d i z k o 2 0 8 September 14, 2026

Word of the Day on September 19, 2026

God Shot

A chance happening with profound meaning, an unexpected blessing, a "sign".

Dr. Drew on Celebrity Rehab said "All of a sudden what had been just another Hollywood proposal became for him an unexpected blessing, an opportunity for growth. In drug recovery language, that's called a "God shot."

God Shot by Imogen1564 February 25, 2011

Word of the Day on September 18, 2026

city chicken

A food native to Pittsburgh/Western Pennsylvania in which cubes of pork and/or veal are put on a short, wooden skewer, breaded, then baked and/or fried.

I've heard that city chicken originated during the Great Depression, when folks didn't have enough money to buy full cuts of meat, so they assembled meat scraps on a wooden skewer, creating a make-shift drumstick. Hence the name.

Are yinz havin' city chicken for dinner?

city chicken by TRF August 31, 2006

Word of the Day on September 17, 2026

Is that cake?

Another way to say is this fake? Like the show real or cake

“Slayyyter just announced another album last night”
“No way, is that cake?”
“Yeah whoops this isn’t real”

Is that cake? by Sexyyred September 15, 2026

Word of the Day on September 16, 2026

just fokin missing her

native american reservation origin... to miss an ex so badly that everyone can see it.. can be used for either sex eg. just fokin missing her/him

friend : *noticably sad*
me : look at you all sad & shit
friend : shut up!
me : just fokin missing her huh?

just fokin missing her by d i z k o 2 0 8 September 14, 2026

Word of the Day on September 15, 2026