fluff
noun
light, downy particles, as of cotton.
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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I’ve always suspected that some of the cells in there are fluffing off much of the time, and I’d like to see a little more attention and real work.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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