[Lewis Carroll's "Jabberwocky"] Like flame, but connotes
that the source is truly clueless and ineffectual (mere
flamers can be competent). A term of deep contempt. "There's
some guy on the phone burbling about how he got a DISK FULL
error and it's all our comm software's fault." This is
mainstream slang in some parts of England.
[Jargon File]
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