I had a feeling a facebook smackdown was coming. She was tweeting up a storm this morning, so when she starts tweeting, you know a facebook post is coming. Silly question but whats a boondoggle?
Don’t like Wikipedia, but this most likely accurate.
Boondoggle (project)
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A boondoggle is a project that wastes time and money. The term arose from a 1935 New York Times article that claimed over $3 million had been spent on recreational activities for the jobless as part of the New Deal. Among these activities were crafts classes, where the production of “boon doggles” (described in the article as various utilitarian “gadgets” made with cloth or leather) was taught.
noun
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.
• 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.
verb [ intrans. ]
waste money or time on such projects.
ORIGIN 1930s: of unknown origin.