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wibble¹

  • /ˈwɪbəl/ UK

Rhymes with -ɪbəl

Where it comes from

Unclear; possibly originates in the British Roger Irrelevant comic strip, then popularised by Your Sinclair magazine and the comedy Blackadder.

noun

  1. UK, slang, uncountable Meaningless or content-free chatter in a discussion; drivel, babble.

    Similar: babble, bavardage, bibble-babble, blab, blabber, blabbing, blather, blathering, chatter, chinwag, chit-chat, claver

verb wibbles · wibbling · wibbled

  1. UK, slang To make meaningless comments. Do you remember at school how you'd always get double geography last thing on a Friday afternoon? There's you and all these kids who are only interested in the weekend and each other, and standing in front of them is some old guy with a beard and a CND badge wibbling on about water tables.

wibble²

  • /ˈwɪbəl/ UK

Rhymes with -ɪbəl

Where it comes from

See wobble.

verb wibbles · wibbling · wibbled

  1. ambitransitive To wobble. Now his fingertips were tapping in addition to his toe-bouncing, until soon his entire body was wibbling in jumping-bean fashion. “Old Mag, you say?” He peered around Nitty at Mag, and Mag took the opportunity to inspect his mask and goggles with her trunk. The boy quit wibbling, stood stock-still,

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@misc{wibble_2026,
  title = {wibble},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/wibble},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}