SamTherapy opened this issue on Sep 27, 2012 · 65 posts
SamTherapy posted Tue, 02 October 2012 at 9:32 PM
It can mean either:
Having to go through a number of laborious, tedious steps to do what should be a simple job, as in, "I thought it would be simple to change the hair material but it was a real faff about".
or:
Doing stuff aimlessly, or to no purpose, or needlessly adjusting, tweaking or altering something. Imagine a small child who can't resist pressing buttons, turning dials and the like. As in, "Samuel, stop faffing about with the television!"
Coppula eam se non posit acceptera jocularum.