witter

/ ˈwɪtə /

verb

1. to chatter or babble pointlessly or at unnecessary length

noun

1. pointless chat; chatter

Word History and Origins

Origin of witter¹

C20: from dialect; compare _twitter

Example Sentences

"All these people who witter on," exclaimed Baxter.

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But Edmund Witter, whose organization provides legal help for tenants, believes the change could be confusing for tenants and could push eviction cases before judges who are unfamiliar with complex landlord-tenant law.

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The court’s decision is “actually overcorrecting the other way,” Witter said, calling the rule a “dangerous gamble” that could benefit landlords at the expense of tenants.

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Given the share of cases that will remain in the existing system, improvements from the new rule are likely to be “very marginal,” Witter said.

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“I don’t really see the case where the tenant stopped paying for no reason,” said Edmund Witter, senior managing attorney for the Housing Justice Project in King County, which provides free legal assistance to renters facing eviction.

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