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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Word of the Day

22 February 2025

ANALYSIS

(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’


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According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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