Quit futzing around! (or What is your writers’ beano?)

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From the OED online: Futz: [Origin uncertain; perh. alteration of Yiddish arumfartzen (Amer. Speech (1943) XVIII. 43).]  intr. To loaf, waste time, mess around. From Merriam-Webster online: Main Entry: futz Pronunciation: ˈfəts Function: intransitive verb Etymology: perhaps part modification, part translation of Yiddish arumfartsn zikh, literally, to fart around Date: circa 1930 slang : fool …

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