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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 |
| Wim | | VIM (Dutch), WIM (Dutch) | Dutch, German |
| Cyneburg | | - | Anglo-Saxon |
| Rahmİ | | - | Turkish |
| Emmett | | EM-it | English |
| Charon | | - | Greek Mythology |
| Alaric | | AL-ə-rik (English) | Ancient Germanic |