The boondoggle, which leaped literally into fame overnight when it was introduced by Rochester Boy Scouts at the jamboree in England, is a braided lanyard on which various things such as whistles can be hung.
If a trip meant "for business" that results in a trip "for pleasure" can be characterized as a boondoggle, then is there a word for the converse, where a trip "for pleasure" (eg. vacation) results in
1 How about boondoggle? 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"
One might think of boondoggle/boondoggling but I'm looking for something a bit different: rather than trying to appear busy without actually being so, I'm trying to find a word or expression to de...
@Boondoggle UK english, but even that is poorly spoken by most people in our country He uses "will" in place of "would" when describing ANYTHING would like to do.
Yahoo: From 'great news' to 'boondoggle,' Roger Marshall erases early view on Panasonic
From 'great news' to 'boondoggle,' Roger Marshall erases early view on Panasonic
Yahoo: $48M ‘boondoggle’ set to be killed by N.J. gov. ‘Not good enough,’ she says.
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The “boondoggle” could be no more. Gov. Mikie Sherrill proposed terminating New Jersey’s controversial $48 million-a-year mental ...
$48M ‘boondoggle’ set to be killed by N.J. gov. ‘Not good enough,’ she says.
New York Daily News: Marc Molinaro’s mission: Full transparency on federal transit spending and cut wasteful Gateway boondoggle down to size