Present participle of 'argle,' describing the act of engaging in tedious or pointless arguments.
From 'argle,' itself from 'argle-bargle,' a 19th-century reduplicative expression. The '-ing' suffix converts the verb to its present participle form, used for ongoing actions.
The -ing form captures something almost musical about pointless debate—the word itself sounds like the endless back-and-forth of people who just won't stop arguing!
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