Associations to the word «Footling»

Wiktionary

FOOTLING, adjective. Trivial; unimportant; useless; silly; inept; irritating.
FOOTLING, verb. Present participle of footle
FOOTLING, noun. A fetus oriented so that, at birth, its feet will emerge first. A type of breech birth.

Dictionary definition

FOOTLING, adjective. (informal) small and of little importance; "a fiddling sum of money"; "a footling gesture"; "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"; "a little (or small) matter"; "a dispute over niggling details"; "limited to petty enterprises"; "piffling efforts"; "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction".

Wise words

Love. Fall in love and stay in love. Write only what you love, and love what you write. The key word is love. You have to get up in the morning and write something you love, something to live for.
Ray Bradbury