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English Dictionary: burble by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
burble
v
  1. flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise; "babbling brooks"
    Synonym(s): ripple, babble, guggle, burble, bubble, gurgle
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   burble v.   [from Lewis Carroll's "Jabberwocky"] Like {flame},
   but connotes that the source is truly clueless and ineffectual (mere
   flamers can be competent).   A term of deep contempt.   "There's some
   guy on the phone burbling about how he got a DISK FULL error and
   it's all our comm software's fault."   This is mainstream slang in
   some parts of England.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   burble
  
      [Lewis Carroll's "Jabberwocky"] Like {flame}, but connotes
      that the source is truly clueless and ineffectual (mere
      flamers can be competent).   A term of deep contempt.   "There's
      some guy on the phone burbling about how he got a DISK FULL
      error and it's all our comm software's fault."   This is
      mainstream slang in some parts of England.
  
      [{Jargon File}]
  
  
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