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Tony Cooper wrote:

> On Thu, 25 Apr 2024 07:43:54 +0100, Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net>
> wrote:

>>
>>Speaking (in sci.lang) of Andy Grove, he uses waffle in the above sense in his
>>good, well-edited ‘High Output Management.’ In my youth I would only have used
>>or understood the word in the meaning ‘to ramble on, to say nothing of much
>>consequence,’ and OED2 documents that the fail-to-make-a-decision sense is
>>colloquial or non-standard.
>>
>>I presume I have misunderstood various Americans over the years in not picking
>>up on the ‘dither’ meaning. How universal is that meaning over there?

> In my usage, to "waffle" is to provide a reply to a question or demand
> that does not provide a specific response, acceptance, or denial. 

> To include the "ramble" meaning, I would use "waffle-on".  The
> response is extended, but with additional comments that don't clarify
> anything.

> A classic waffle used by a parent to child's request or demand is
> "We'll see".  If the parent adds a number of conditions that may or
> may not determine if the request or demand will be granted, the parent
> has "waffled-on".
     
At least they haven't beaten around the bush or gone all around the houses.