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/ˈbo͞onˌdägəl/,/-ˌdôgəl/,
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boondoggles, plural;
  1. Waste money or time on such projects

Noun
  1. Work or activity that is wasteful or pointless but gives the appearance of having value
    • - writing off the cold fusion phenomenon as a boondoggle best buried in literature
  2. A public project of questionable merit that typically involves political patronage and graft
    • - they each drew $600,000 in the final months of the great boondoggle
  1. do useless, wasteful, or trivial work
  2. work of little or no value done merely to look busy
  3. A boondoggle is a project that wastes time and money. The term arose from a 1935 New York Times report that more than $3 million had been spent on dubious recreational activities for the jobless as part of the New Deal. ...
  4. A braided ring to hold a neckerchief, particularly in scouting; a woggle; A waste of time and/or money; a pointless activity; To waste time on a pointless activity
  5. A great deal, usually obtained at the expense of others. (“Shack is a bagger. That guy went on a coast-to-coast boondoggle cross-country with the skipper, even though we’re almost out of OPTAR for this quarter.”)
  6. any military operation that hasn't been completely thought out. An operation that is absurd or useless.
  7. an unnecessary activity or wasteful expenditure.
  8. a.k.a. "Breen Boondoggle. See "Exclusion Acts".
  9. (n, slang) a government-sponsored make-work project or program with little purpose other than political patronage. The word "boondoggle" usually refers to a project that loses money and/or fails to perform nominal purpose.
  10. Any trip on government time that serves no purpose other than to entertain the Marine making it.
  11. unauthorized or unnecessary trip.  Verb form:  To boondoggle.  i.e.  "Joe boondoggled a day-trip to Pole."
  12. A project funded by the government with little redeeming value.
  13. A business trip of an unusually attractive nature; paid for wholly or in part by a person's employer or client.