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burble
turbulence in the airflow around a body

burble [′bər·bəl]
(fluid mechanics)
A separation or breakdown of the laminar flow past a body.
The eddying or turbulent flow resulting from this occurrence.

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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If it spews, burbles, emits, blasts, gushes, oozes, radiates, or otherwise does something unpleasant or deadly, chances are its in a working class, rural, minority, or low-income neighborhood or some combination of all the above.
There are witty sequences in which Shackleton interviews men of dubious heroism to accompany him on his second expedition, as well as selling the idea to sponsors and patrons, not an easy thing to do as World War I burbles on the horizon.
A perfect date movie," an office assistant apparently burbles in reference to "The Patriot," a Mel Gibson vehicle that came out last year.
 
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