farnarkel

/ ˈfɑːnɑːkəl /

verb

1. slang,  to spend time or act in a careless or inconsequential manner; waste time

Other Word Forms

• farnarkeling noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of farnarkel¹

C20: coined by the New Zealand-born comedian John Clarke (born 1948) as the name of a fictitious sport of doing nothing for which he commentated in an Australian TV series