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futz
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futz  (fts)
intr.v. futzed, futz·ing, futz·es Slang
To waste time or effort on frivolities; fool. Often used with around: "would like to return to the days when Americans believed: 'By golly, you don't futz around with Uncle Sam'" (Wall Street Journal).

[Possibly blend of fuck and putz.]


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If Althoff's installation had actually been the labor of some of the obsessive netting-and-veil queens from whom he self-consciously borrows--people like Jack Smith, Bruce Conner, and Stevie Nicks--the gallery doors would have remained locked, with the artist still futzing with things until maybe a day before the closing.
On the M-side, it has spent part of its time futzing with minor reforms like paperwork reduction and part of its time waging an ideological war on regulation.
 
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