faffy

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Etymology

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See faff (about).

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faffy (comparative faffier, superlative faffiest)

  1. (UK, informal) Time-consuming or awkward; too complicated or fancy.
    • 1986, Gwynneth Branfoot, Men have all the fun, page 125:
      [...] three kinds of pickles, the tinned peaches ready in a bowl with a jug of fresh cream on the serving hatch, home-made cakes, tarts and chocolate biscuits. It was a faffy, time-consuming job []
    • 2017, Hollie Newton, How to Grow: A guide for gardeners who can't garden yet, →ISBN:
      Maybe go nuts with a sprinkle of sea salt and a crack of black pepper. Other than that, I'd be an idiot to interrupt their perfection with a faffy recipe.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:faffy.