Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1871, from wibble-wobble (1847), a colloquial reduplication of wobble (v.).
Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. 1 (context British slang English) meaningless or content-free chatter in a discussion; drivel, babble. 2 (context British computing English) (non-gloss definition: Used as the name of a metasyntactic variable.) vb. (context British Internet slang English) To make meaningless comments. Etymology 2
vb. (context US informal English) To be overwhelmed by emotion and take on a childish expression with a quivering lips and chin.
Wikipedia
Wibble may refer to:
- Anne Wibble (1943–2000), former Swedish minister of finance
- A commonly used metasyntactic variable, alongside wubble and wobble
- Wibbles, a poi trick in juggling
- Where 2 or more short musical notes (most commonly 3) are repeated cyclically and monophonically at speed, to express a musical chord. A technique commonly used in chip music.
Usage examples of "wibble".
He stood before me, all slim and designer-stubbled, with his two dogs Wibble and Trolley Bus.
I could wibble on about Crowley and Dee and mystics down the ages but, basically, most self-styled magicians know shit.
The translation membrane wibbles for a while, apparently reformulating some more abstract concepts in a manner that the corporation can absorb.