http://www.wordz.in/blog A word a day keeps ignorance at bay!® Fri, 08 Jan 2010 12:40:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://www.wordz.in/blog/2009/07/boondoggle/ http://www.wordz.in/blog/2009/07/boondoggle/#comments Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:00:55 +0000 admin http://www.wordz.in/blog/?p=41 Boondoggle – 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 government out of political favoritism that is of no real value to the community or the nation. Origin; Americanism, said to have been coined by R. H. Link, American scoutmaster.

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