Welcome to Wondrous Words Wednesday, the perfect meme for the verbally nerdy. Check out Kathy’s blog at Bermudaonion.net to learn more words.
Do you footle? I bet you do. Wait, you don’t know what this fun little word means? Can you guess?
footle \’foo-tul\ verb; to talk or act foolishly; to waste time, trifle, fool.
I must admit, I footle more than I should. There’s “cyber-footling” – Instagram, Pinterest, and Facebook. And then there’s the household footle trap- laundry to fold, papers to file, and the annoying clumps of dog hair that waft across the hard wood. All of this detracts from more word nerdy pursuits, like reading and writing. (I need to edit 20,000 words out of my manuscript, and that’s gonna take some time.)
Do you footle? What triggers the footle for you?
Word Nerd Workout
Think of a few ways you could use footle in everyday conversation, and then use it. Today! My kids often footle- I have plenty of ideas!
Stop footling and pack up your lunch!
Can’t wait to see their faces when I say THAT!
Have a great day, and don’t footle too much!
Julia
I hate to think of all the hours I’ve footled away on the computer. I love this word! I can’t wait to use it.
I’d be an A grader footler! Great word.
I should really introduce this word to my class! “Stop that footling!”
I do a lot of cyber-footling, but housecleaning footling just doesn’t happen.
Hi Julia –
Okay, you caught me red handed. I admit I do footle around more than I should. We should start a Footler’s Anonymous Group here at your blog. However, would our meetings be considered footling? LOL! Happy Wednesday to you. 🙂
lol a good word.
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Love this word! I’m definitely guilty of cyber-footling when I should be working. And I’ll find any method of footling to avoid house work!!
You and me both! Much better to comment than to scrub toilets!
Oh mercy, all the many MANY opportunities we have to footle! I need to get offline before I get tripped up in so much footling. (Is that right?)
Yes, that’s right- on many levels! 🙂