The term was derived from "waff", a 17th-century onomatopoeia for the sound a barking dog makes, similar to the modern "woof"-the inference being that waffle words have about as much meaning as the noise made by a dog barking.
The term was derived from "waff", a 17th-century onomatopoeia for the sound. This was similar to the modern "woof"-the inference being that waffle words have about as much meaning as the noise made by a dog. A barking dog makes barking the sound.