WIBBLE

Etymology 1

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

Noun

wibble (uncountable)

(British, slang) Meaningless or content-free chatter in a discussion; drivel, babble.

(British, computing) Used as the name of a metasyntactic variable.

Verb

wibble (third-person singular simple present wibbles, present participle wibbling, simple past and past participle wibbled)

(British, Internet slang) To make meaningless comments.

Etymology 2

Verb

wibble (third-person singular simple present wibbles, present participle wibbling, simple past and past participle wibbled)

(US, informal) To be overwhelmed by emotion and take on a childish expression with a quivering lips and chin.

Source: Wiktionary



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