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faff around
faff around
To waste time or procrastinate by doing something unproductive or unhelpful; to fool around or spend time idly. Primarily heard in UK. Would you quit faffing around and give me a hand cleaning the house? I should have started this essay last week, but I've been faffing around with my new video game console.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
| Ketevan | | - | Georgian |
| Francisco | | frahn-THEES-ko (Spanish), frahn-SEES-ko (Latin American Spanish), frən-SEESH-koo (Portuguese) | Spanish, Portuguese |
| Cokkie | | - | Dutch |
| EvŽEn | | - | Czech |
| Keighley | | - | English (Rare) |
| Feodosiy | | - | Russian |