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Originally Posted by Spoon1
You know what waffle means eh?
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Well, to make sure that we're operating from the same understanding I'll go to a dictionary. I'll also make the assumption that you're not talking about the tasty food (though I can't be certain of this of course).
noun
1.
BRITISH
lengthy but vague or trivial talk or writing.
"we've edited out some of the waffle"
synonyms: prattle, jabbering, verbiage, drivel, meaningless talk, nonsense, twaddle, gibberish, stuff and nonsense, bunkum, mumbo jumbo, padding, flannel, verbosity, prolixity; etc.
Now seeing as you didn't specifically identify if you thought the entire papers are waffle, the specific quote that I posted, or simply the headlines.
Having looked over the first paper that Ab posted, while it may not be everyone's cup of tea, it certainly doesn't meet the definition of waffle that I posted above.
In fact the quote that I posted is the exact opposite of waffle, in that it is specific, focused and clear.
But hey, it's a national pastime to bash on things that we haven't bothered to try and understand (unless it's science, in which case we just accept it without any critical thought).