Timeline for Formal or polite alternative for "f***ing around"
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| May 21, 2020 at 16:19 | comment | added | Ian MacDonald | Jesus @tchrist, I have provided examples written in my own words. I don't need to offer my opinion to supplement the answer. | |
| May 21, 2020 at 15:53 | comment | added | tchrist♦ | Merely copying in this or that dictionary definition does not an answer make: all answers must include actual explanations written in your own words, for why you believe your choice to be the answer to the question asked. See How to reference material written by others in our Help Section, as well as this official guidance from the Stack Exchange Community Management team. | |
| May 21, 2020 at 15:44 | history | notice added | tchrist♦ | Needs detailed answers | |
| May 20, 2020 at 21:29 | comment | added | Richard Kayser | @NuclearWang Yes, I think you're right. That's my sense, too. | |
| May 20, 2020 at 17:59 | comment | added | Nuclear Hoagie | I might prefer goof off to goof around here. To me, goofing around is joking, lighthearted taunting, or being facetious in some way, as in "don't take it so seriously, I'm only goofing around". Goofing off, on the other hand, is wasting time by doing nothing of significance. I can't find much to back up my own sense of the usage, though. | |
| May 20, 2020 at 17:44 | comment | added | Ian MacDonald | @RichardKayser You're right, I did do some extrapolation to get there, but with the statement that the OP is "wasting my time doing silly things", it's a pretty easy leap to guess the motivation. | |
| May 20, 2020 at 15:46 | comment | added | Richard Kayser | Not sure about procrastinating but goofing around works. | |
| May 20, 2020 at 15:36 | history | answered | Ian MacDonald | CC BY-SA 4.0 |