wibble

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈwɪ.bəl/, /wɪ.bl̩/
• Rhymes: -ɪbəl

Unclear; possibly originates in the British Roger Irrelevant comic strip, then popularised by Your Sinclair magazine and the comedy Blackadder.

wibble (uncountable)

1. (Britain, slang) Meaningless or content-free chatter in a discussion; drivel, babble.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:chatter, Thesaurus:nonsense

2. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (Britain, programming) Used as the name of a metasyntactic variable.
   • 2004, Ben Coppin, Artificial Intelligence Illuminated, →ISBN, page 186:

     In other words, no matter what meanings and values we assign to the variables in a valid expression, it will still be true. For example, the following sentences are all valid: / If wibble is true, then wibble is true. / Either wibble is true, or wibble is not true.

wibble (third-person singular simple present wibbles, present participle wibbling, simple past and past participle wibbled)

1. (Britain, Internet slang) To make meaningless comments.

See wobble.

wibble (third-person singular simple present wibbles, present participle wibbling, simple past and past participle wibbled)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To wobble.
   • 2019 June, Suzanne Nelson, A Tale Magnolious, New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, page 36:

     Now his fingertips were tapping in addition to his toe-bouncing, until soon his entire body was wibbling in jumping-bean fashion. “Old Mag, you say?” He peered around Nitty at Mag, and Mag took the opportunity to inspect his mask and goggles with her trunk. The boy quit wibbling, stood stock-still, and gulped.

2. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (US, informal) To be overwhelmed by emotion and take on a childish expression with a quivering lips and chin.

• wibble-wobble