3 definitions found
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
burble
v : make a babbling, gurgling sound, as of water; "babbling
brooks" [syn: {ripple}, {babble}, {guggle}, {bubble}, {gurgle}]
From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]:
burble v. [from Lewis Carroll's "Jabberwocky"] Like {flame},
but connotes that the source is truly clueless and ineffectual (mere
flamers can be competent). A term of deep contempt. "There's some
guy on the phone burbling about how he got a DISK FULL error and it's
all our comm software's fault." This is mainstream slang in some parts
of England.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]:
burble
[Lewis Carroll's "Jabberwocky"] Like {flame}, but connotes
that the source is truly clueless and ineffectual (mere
flamers can be competent). A term of deep contempt. "There's
some guy on the phone burbling about how he got a DISK FULL
error and it's all our comm software's fault." This is
mainstream slang in some parts of England.
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