faff about

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faff about

verb faffs about · faffing about · faffed about

UK, intransitive To waste time; to spend time idly. She faffed about so much, she never got to eat her breakfast.
Similar: faff around, fuck about, fuck around, dick around, mess about, mess around, arse about, arse around, bludge, bum around, cabbage, clown around

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@misc{faff_about_2026,
  title = {faff about},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/faff%20about},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}