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busywork

[biz-ee-wurk]

bus·y·work

[biz-ee-wurk]
noun
work assigned for the sake of looking or keeping busy.

Origin:
1840–50; busy + work
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Busywork 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.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
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busywork

noun
active work of little value; "while he was waiting he filled the days with busywork" 
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