Wittering
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"Wittering On"
Originating in East Anglia, this short phrase means to talk at great length about nothing in particular, without any sort of requirement of possesion of facts or knowledge on the subject, but, importantly, not simply spouting meaningless nonsense; therefore, to talk 'gibberish' is not the same as to 'witter' as the latter usually maintains a modicum of sense. In the same way, to "waffle" is not quite wittering, as waffling is merely only knowing one part of the song and merely repeating it, whereas wittering is knowing most of the song, often improvising on the bits you don't know so well, and sometimes improving the less exciting parts. Gossip is a perfect example of how wittering is used every day, in its purest form. Tabloid journalism is another.
Place Names
"Wittering" could also refer to one of several places in England such as:
- Wittering, Cambridgeshire — formerly the two villages of East Wittering and West Wittering and also formerly in Northamptonshire,
- RAF Wittering, near the above,
- or Wittering, Sussex, which is divided into East and West Wittering
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