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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>burble</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../B.html" title="B"/><link rel="previous" href="bump.html" title="bump"/><link rel="next" href="buried-treasure.html" title="buried treasure"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">burble</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="bump.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">B</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="buried-treasure.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="burble"/><dt xmlns="" id="burble"><b>burble</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">v.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [from Lewis Carroll's <i class="citetitle">Jabberwocky</i>] Like
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<a href="../F/flame.html"><i class="glossterm">flame</i></a>, but connotes that the source is truly
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clueless and ineffectual (mere flamers can be competent). A term of deep
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contempt. “<span class="quote">There's some guy on the phone burbling about how he got a
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DISK FULL error and it's all our comm software's fault.</span>” This is
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mainstream slang in some parts of England.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="bump.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../B.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="buried-treasure.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">bump </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> buried treasure</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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