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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. [{Jargon File}]
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