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Definition boondoggle
Etymology
Coined by Robert H. Link, American scout, 1929; alternatively “boon doggle”. Compare woggle of similar sense, attested in same period.
In sense of “wasteful government program”, popularized in 1935 by The New York Times, in reference to New Deal programs which were claimed to feature people making such braids.
Noun
boondoggle (plural boondoggles)
- (especially Scouting) A braided ring to hold a neckerchief.
- (US, figuratively) A waste of time and/or money; a pointless activity.
Verb
boondoggle (third-person singular simple present boondoggles, present participle boondoggling, simple past and past participle boondoggled)
- (intransitive) To waste time on a pointless activity.
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