What it means
To rabbit on means to keep talking and talking, usually about stuff nobody asked for and nobody really wants more of. It paints someone who just won't wrap it up, drifting into waffle while everyone else is halfway out the room in spirit.
Usage examples
"Kev rabbited on about his new shed for an hour, dead serious. I smiled, said nice one mate, then legged it for a fake loo break."
"Gran can rabbit on about her neighbours for a solid hour without once pausing to breathe or let you escape."
"Stop rabbiting on about the football and pass the remote, the film started ten minutes ago."
"He kept rabbiting on about crypto in the pub till even his own mates looked ready to vanish."
"She's lovely, but once she starts rabbiting on about office drama, your afternoon's basically gone."
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Where it comes from
It comes from Cockney rhyming slang, where rabbit and pork stood in for talk. That got clipped down to rabbit, then rabbit on grew into the everyday verb for going on and on. It started in London, then spread well beyond it, even after most people forgot the full rhyme.
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