gubbins
(UK, informal) Silly person; fool.
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#1·Apr 27, 2026UK
(UK, informal) Silly person; fool.
Origin: Ante 1553. From piece, portion, slice, from , from . Compare with. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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“Woop-de-diddly-do-daa! Polyphonic pitch bend on the SID. So, my midi stream isn't buffered, which was a worry even at 8mhz, but that's 21 16bit calcs, 6 register sets (which have to be done at a 1mhz equivalent) and all the gubbins inbetween without skipping a beat 😍”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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