wafflern.

Brit.

/ˈwɒfl̩ə/,

/ˈwɒflə/, U.S.

/ˈwɑf(ə)lər/

Etymology: < waffle v. + -er suffix¹.

1. An unreliable person; an idler or waverer. Chiefly Scottish and northern dialect.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > [noun] > lazy person > an idler or loafer

lurdanc1330

player1340

moochera1425

loon?c1450

lounger?a1513

idler1534

rest man1542

holiday-woman1548

baty bummill1568

bummill baty1568

friar-fly?1577

idol1579

lingerer1579

loll1582

idleby1589

shit-rags1598

blaitie bum1602

idle1635

Lollard1635

loiterer1684

saunterer1688

scobberlotchera1697

bumble1786

quisby1789

waffler1805

shoat1808

loafer1830

bummer1855

dead beat1863

bum1864

scowbanker1864

schnorrer1875

scowbank1881

ikey1906

layabout1932

lie-about1937

spine-basher1946

limer1964

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > unreliability > [noun] > of persons > unreliable person

flippera1400

fair-weather friend1685

waffler1805

foul-weather friend1845

1805 R. Anderson Ballads in Cumberland Dial. 59 Saint Gworge, the girt champion, o' fame and renown, Was nobbet a waffler to Matthew Macree.

1819 in Carlyle Early Lett. (1886) I. 215 The waffler did not get his cart home till Monday.

1927 N. Dundas Castle Adamant iv. 60 Of course there are wafflers, ye could look or no less in a town of five thousand souls.

1977 B. Langley Death Stalk ii. 15 He had an instinctive distrust of all wafflers and ditherers.

2. One who indulges in waffling talk or writing. Cf. waffle n.² 2.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > [noun] > one who indulges in

gabbler1624

mataeologian1653

mataeologue1716

twaddler1787

twaddle1802

piffler1885

bullshitter1941

waffler1959

the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [noun] > talkative person > one who talks nonsense or waffler

penduguma1529

gibble-gabbler1653

maunderer1827

nonsense-talkera1832

bunkumite1864

phlyarologist1867

twitterer1895

blitherer1902

bosher1913

gobshite1946

waffler1959

1959 Viewpoint July 4 It was a field day for the professional analysts and wafflers.

1968 Sunday Truth (Brisbane) 8 Dec. 41 It amazes me that Peter Evans was ever selected to conduct 4QR's Breakfast Show. He must be the original waffler.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	waffler
释义	wafflern. Brit. /ˈwɒfl̩ə/, /ˈwɒflə/, U.S. /ˈwɑf(ə)lər/ Etymology: < waffle v. + -er suffix¹. 1. An unreliable person; an idler or waverer. Chiefly Scottish and northern dialect. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > [noun] > lazy person > an idler or loafer lurdanc1330 player1340 moochera1425 loon?c1450 lounger?a1513 idler1534 rest man1542 holiday-woman1548 baty bummill1568 bummill baty1568 friar-fly?1577 idol1579 lingerer1579 loll1582 idleby1589 shit-rags1598 blaitie bum1602 idle1635 Lollard1635 loiterer1684 saunterer1688 scobberlotchera1697 bumble1786 quisby1789 waffler1805 shoat1808 loafer1830 bummer1855 dead beat1863 bum1864 scowbanker1864 schnorrer1875 scowbank1881 ikey1906 layabout1932 lie-about1937 spine-basher1946 limer1964 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > unreliability > [noun] > of persons > unreliable person flippera1400 fair-weather friend1685 waffler1805 foul-weather friend1845 1805 R. Anderson Ballads in Cumberland Dial. 59 Saint Gworge, the girt champion, o' fame and renown, Was nobbet a waffler to Matthew Macree. 1819 in Carlyle Early Lett. (1886) I. 215 The waffler did not get his cart home till Monday. 1927 N. Dundas Castle Adamant iv. 60 Of course there are wafflers, ye could look or no less in a town of five thousand souls. 1977 B. Langley Death Stalk ii. 15 He had an instinctive distrust of all wafflers and ditherers. 2. One who indulges in waffling talk or writing. Cf. waffle n.² 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > [noun] > one who indulges in gabbler1624 mataeologian1653 mataeologue1716 twaddler1787 twaddle1802 piffler1885 bullshitter1941 waffler1959 the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [noun] > talkative person > one who talks nonsense or waffler penduguma1529 gibble-gabbler1653 maunderer1827 nonsense-talkera1832 bunkumite1864 phlyarologist1867 twitterer1895 blitherer1902 bosher1913 gobshite1946 waffler1959 1959 Viewpoint July 4 It was a field day for the professional analysts and wafflers. 1968 Sunday Truth (Brisbane) 8 Dec. 41 It amazes me that Peter Evans was ever selected to conduct 4QR's Breakfast Show. He must be the original waffler. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1805
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