{"id":10256,"date":"2011-08-23T00:21:52","date_gmt":"2011-08-22T13:21:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yewenyi.net\/wpblog\/?p=10256"},"modified":"2011-08-23T00:21:52","modified_gmt":"2011-08-22T13:21:52","slug":"other-things-tuesdays-2011-august-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yewenyi.net\/wp\/old\/?p=10256","title":{"rendered":"Other things Tuesdays – 2011 August 23"},"content":{"rendered":"

Faffing, well I had never heard of the word. After it was said, and much later, I resorted to the internet to look it up. Having learned this old person slang, I decided to write a little ditty “I’ve Been Working on the Railroad<\/a><\/em>”<\/p>\n

I’ve been faffing on the internet
\nAll the live-long day.
\nI’ve been faffing on the internet
\nJust to pass the time away.
\nDon’t you hear the computer beeping,
\nRise up so early in the morn;
\nDon’t you hear the bosses shouting,
\n“Dinah, blow your horn!”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Wiktionary<\/a> definition:<\/p>\n

English<\/h2>\n

[edit<\/a>]Etymology<\/h3>\n

Dialect, ‘blow in gusts’.<\/p>\n

[edit<\/a>]Pronunciation<\/h3>\n