waffle1 /ˈwɒfl 
/ ▸ verb [no object] 1 British English speak or write at length in a vague or trivial manner: he waffled on about his problems.
2 North American English fail to make up one's mind: Joseph had been waffling over where to go.
▸ noun 1 [mass noun] British English lengthy but vague or trivial talk or writing: we've edited out some of the waffle.
2 [in singular] North American English a failure to make up one's mind: saying 'maybe' leaves us squandering our lives in indecisive waffle.
– ORIGIN late 17th century (originally in the sense ‘yap, yelp’): frequentative of dialect waff ‘yelp’, of imitative origin.
English