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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 |
| RenÁTa | | RE-nah-taw (Hungarian) | Hungarian, Czech, Slovak |
| Agda | | - | Swedish |
| Robbie | | ['rɔbi] | |
| Tomasa | | to-MAH-sah | Spanish |
| Sherisse | | shə-REES | English (Rare) |
| Paris (2) | | PER-is (English), PAR-is (English) | Various |