"Chuntering", a new addition to my vocabulary (if I can remember it)

[steve2470]

chunter in British
(ˈtʃʌntə ) or chunner (ˈtʃʌnə )
verb
(intransitive; often foll by on) British informal
to mutter or grumble incessantly in a meaningless fashion

reference: https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2019-04-03/debates/5F15A794-4045-4A04-A714-1FED79C45726/EuropeanUnion(Withdrawal)(No5)Bill

(at 9 PM by Sir William Cash, a prominent Eurosceptic)

Sir William Cash
Absolutely; the idea of our subjecting ourselves to the European Council as well as to the European Parliament is about as humiliating as anybody could imagine. I suppose we are not supposed to say this but it happens to be true: we saved Europe twice in the last 100 years, yet we are now, as a result of this withdrawal agreement and these provisions, subjugating ourselves to the decisions taken by 27 other member states by majority vote.

9.00 pm

I see that the Opposition Front-Bench spokesman is chuntering. Perhaps he would like to come to the Dispatch Box and make his point. No, he is not going to, because he cannot understand what I am talking about, because he has not actually got the competence to do so.

I thought I heard him say this last night during the debate on parliamentlive.uk, but now the official record confirms it

[SaveOurDemocracy]

1. Great word!! Can't wait to use the it

😎

[TreasonousBastard]

2. I still like "grumble". "Chuntering" sounds like something you do with cheese.

[rzemanfl]

3. I have been doing that since November 2016 or earlier. Now it has a name.

[Harker]

4. The OED has it as 'chunner' from 1599.

Other variations in history are chounter and chunder.

Thanks for mentioning it. Great fun. I love a new word, especially when it's over 400 years old.