Bimble-Gate

My use of the word ‘Bimbling’, when asked what I’d been doing this afternoon, earlier almost caused an intellectual ruckus when I was accused of inventing my own word by a friend who would not accept this as a valid description of my activity! After the initial disagreement over whether it’s a word or not, I took to the web for clarification!

An internet search reveals definitions in the Urban Dictionary and Wiktionary which confirmed my understanding of the definition of the word – To wander in a happy but slightly disengaged state, though with some harmless or ineffective intent – I had been doing exactly that online this afternoon!

He still wouldn’t accept it was a real world unless the Oxford Dictionary confirmed it – and the only free version of that I found online is the concise version – which doesn’t include it!

When two more friends arrived they were asked if they knew what bimbling was – one did and it’s a word he uses quite a bit.

The other, however, thought it was another new one of the multitude of social networks he often sees me using when he’s here! Anyone decides to set up a Web 2.0 app and calls it Bimbling – I want shares!

So we were no closer to achieving a majority decision… and we’re still not! So it’s time to ask you!

We agreed in the end to compromise and use the terms ‘coloquialism’ and regional dialect to describe it, but I wonder how far the term ‘bimbling’ reaches beyond my home city of Wakefield in the UK – do any of the foreign readers among you recognise it? Have you heard it before?

So what do you think – valid word (as per scrabble rules) or not? Add your comments below…

The Wisdom of Seth

“Thing is, most of the stuff you do online doesnt cost money” so begins a great post by Seth Godin about the leverage individuals have online… if they do it right and don’t spend too much time bimbling – my choice of words, not Seth’s!

I like Seth Godin, he seems to talk a lot of sense about modern marketing. I’ve ordered 3 of his books for Christmas! None of the bookshops near me stock him though – no call for business authors here in Wakefield apparently!!!

Ah well, over to Amazon we go!!!


Here are some of Seth Godin’s Books on Amazon.com:

Here are the same Seth Godin Books on Amazon.co.uk:

Last Shopping Weekend before Xmas, it was quiet in town this afternoon though. Everyone’s skint!

Rob