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  • etymology - The origins and usages of waffle - English Language . . .
    The earliest instance I found for "waffling between" is dated 1964 in the Ontario Library Review, Volumes 48-49; His hero is a 30 year old Catholic bachelor waffling between the priesthood and love of a lass, who is, alas, both a protestant and a librarian This is a readable novel with many droll characters
  • expressions - Meaning of whiffling and waffling - English Language . . .
    One of the OED’s definitions of ‘waffle’ is indeed ‘to waver; to vacillate or equivocate’, but the meaning of ‘waffle’ most familiar to me is to talk or write at great length without actually saying very much
  • phrase requests - What is a word idiom for unable to decide . . .
    For example, vacillating and waffling imply that you keep flipping back and forth between the choices; quandary and dilemma imply that the choice is extremely difficult (and usually all available options are painful or costly); ambivalence means having both positive and negative feelings about a single person or thing (rather than having
  • meaning - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
    Waffling means long winded but whether it is foolish or annoying is purely subjective I can listen to someone waffling, but I might find them amusing or even interesting – user242899
  • Suggestion for someone who talks a lot but says little
    Bloviating seems to be a word that is becoming more well known I'm seeing it used frequently in comments sections While it is certainly an insult in ways, I think it is a more direct criticism of "emptiness" of the speech, without accusing someone of essentially lying(as equivocate does), or being afraid to take a stand(as waffling does) –
  • Where does the phrase get crackin come from?
    Early Google Books matches Google Search results generally support Partridge's1936 reading of the phrase The earliest relevant matches are from 1938, and one of them is RAF-specific
  • Revision 4a4fb245-8a25-4421-918a-7c4221b709dc - English Language . . .
    In the American use of 'waffling politicians', they either speak in an evasive manner so as not to be held to an opinion, or they flip-flop and say today the opposite of what they said last week The second link (*Dizionario Delle Lingue Italiana Ed Inglese*, Giuseppe Marco Antonio Baretti, 1839) gives a definition for *whiffle* : to swing, to
  • Looking for a word that describes a text as ‘having too much useless . . .
    "Waffle" tends to be used more when dealing with people in management or politics who talk a lot while saying little of substance They'll get accused of "waffling on" or giving talks "full of waffle", or being "prone to waffle" In an extreme case, where a talk or document is entirely useless (or very nearly so), you could call it content-free
  • Is there a word for an intentionally obvious lie?
    Waffling a bit, not saying exactly, not really saying an outright lie but maybe misleading, that's not a bad lie, especially in this instance Also, all lies are intentional, by definition If a misstatement, a statement that is false, if it is uttered by someone who doesn't realize that it is wrong, who doesn't say it intentionally to be wrong
  • single word requests - Describing not knowing what to do (as a . . .
    "On the fence" and "waffling" both imply that the person has many ideas about what to do, and can't decide between them, rather than having no ideas at all Actually, all of your words do to some extent, but those most particularly –





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