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[Cazza]

The word is jibber and I shall put the phrase into use straight away.

Thank you for the spelling correction. I have never seen it written before but it is probably a Suffolk phrase.
C

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Thank you for the spelling correction. I have never seen it written before but it is probably a Suffolk phrase.
C

I'm not sure of that - we use it a lot in our area as well

 

[Luminos]

If one is that feeble, perhaps it's the wrong activity to be involved with in the first place? "Never let yer mother know she bred a gibber" springs to mind.
Cazza

Perhaps that's where the phrase "gibbering idiot" comes from?

 

[victor meldrew]

http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/41/messages/152.html

There will be regional variations but here's the gist of it!
VM


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[theboynelson]

Perhaps that's where the phrase "gibbering idiot" comes from?

Or in my case gibbering wreck

 

[Skyhook]

http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/41/messages/152.html

There will be regional variations but here's the gist of it!
VM


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Jibber: one who jibs, or flinches.

 

[user 6228]

Jibber: one who jibs, or flinches.

hmm I think this is from Gybe which mean to put a sailing ship on the opposite tack and sail large before the wind and turn away from a hazard to windward

This would also account for regional spread.

 

[peteinwilts]

So it should be a gybering wreck. - a ship that has crashed due to poor seamanship