Usually means: Unnecessary, inefficient fussing over tasks.
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  2. faff: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. faff: Collins English Dictionary
  4. faff: Wordnik
  5. faff: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. faff: Wiktionary
  7. FAFF: Dictionary.com
  8. Faff: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. faff: TheFreeDictionary.com
  10. faff: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. FAFF: Acronym Finder

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  1. faff: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  2. faff, faff [faffer]: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (faff)

noun:  (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang) An overcomplicated task, especially one perceived as a waste of time.
noun:  (typically in the phrase 'in a faff') A state of confused or frantic activity.
verb:  (British, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) To waste time on an unproductive activity.

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