faffとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA: /fæf/
• 韻: -æf

名詞

faff (plural faffs)

1. (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang) An overcomplicated task, especially one perceived as a waste of time.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:nuisance

   Adjusting this television is a bit of a faff.

   • 2007 November 27, Hadley Freeman, “Miaow!”, in The Guardian‎:

     God it must be a faff having to get nigh-on naked every time your bladder runneth over, and imagine how much worse it must be if you only have a 20-second break to run off stage to the loo.

   • 2011, Patrick Kingsley, “Life with the Queen Mum revealed”, in The Guardian‎:

     Breakfast in bed at the royal household is a massive faff. A page boy must carry the tray upstairs, but he's banned from actually serving it. So he leaves it on the floor by the bedroom door, whereupon a housemaid picks it up and knocks on said portal.

   • 2017, Andi Watson, Glister, →ISBN:

     The fuss and faff meant Christmas had long since been drained of any joy and excitement.

   • 2023 September 23, Tim Hayward, “Not so easy does it”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 19:

     The show is a carefully curated manifesto of “social success without faff”.

2. (typically in the phrase 'in a faff') A state of confused or frantic activity.

   Synonym: flap

   She's in a total faff about tonight's dinner party.

動詞

faff (third-person singular simple present faffs, present participle faffing, simple past and past participle faffed)

1. (British, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) To waste time on an unproductive activity.

   Synonyms: arse around, (American) dick around

   • 2009, Steven Aitchison, 100 Ways to Develop Your Mind, page 131:

     Stop Faffing And Just Do It

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