Definition of a boondoggle

boondoggle    

noun

• a waste of time and/or money.

                                                                                                                                   
  
  Citation from "Good Advices", Covert Affairs (TV), Season 2 Episode 2 (2011) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  • See more words with the same meaning: to waste time.

  Last edited on Jul 25 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jul 25 2011.

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Other terms relating to 'to waste time':
bugger about	Definitions include: to waste time.
screw the pooch	Definitions include: to make an irreparable (possibly tragic) mistake.
mess around	Definitions include: to engage in sexual activity; "fool around".
fool around	Definitions include: to engage in intimate sexual activities; "mess around".
time sink	Definitions include: a project that is capable of consuming a practically unlimited amount of time.
wank	Definitions include: to masturbate, especially male masturbation.
d*ck the dog	Definitions include: to engage in an unproductive activity; waste time.
piss for sh*ts and giggles	Definitions include: to waste one's time.
spank the monkey	Definitions include: to masturbate.
tool around	Definitions include: to waste time, mess around.
faff	Definitions include: to spend time on a non-productive activity; "waste time".
fess	Definitions include: to waste time in order to avoid confrontation or a potentially uncomfortable situation.
posted up	Definitions include: to be standing or sitting somewhere.
circle jerk	Definitions include: a sexual practice in which a group of men stand in a circle and engage in mutual masturbation, with or without interpersonal contact.
f*ck the dog	Definitions include: to do nothing of value.
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get something off (one's) chest	Definitions include: to verbalize a previously unspoken problem.

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