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noun
1.
a product of simple manual skill, as a plaited leather cord for the neck or a knife sheath, made typically by a camper or a scout.
2.
work of little or no value done merely to keep or look busy.
3.
a project funded by the federal government out of political favoritism that is of no real value to the community or the nation.
verb (used with object)
4.
to deceive or attempt to deceive: to boondoggle investors into a low-interest scheme.
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Boondoggler
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
verb (used without object)
5.
to do work of little or no practical value merely to keep or look busy.
Origin:
1930–35, Americanism; said to have been coined by R. H. Link, American scoutmaster, as name for def. 1
1930–35, Americanism; said to have been coined by R. H. Link, American scoutmaster, as name for def. 1
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boon·dog·gler, noun
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