farnarkel

(ˈfɑːnɑːkəl)

slang (often foll by: around) Austral to spend time or act in a careless or inconsequential manner; waste time

[C20: coined by the New Zealand-born comedian John Clarke (born 1948) as the name of a fictitious sport of doing nothing for which he commentated in an Australian TV series]

ˈfarnarkeling n

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