boondogglen.v.

/ˈbuːndɒɡ(ə)l/

Etymology: Origin unknown.

U.S. slang.

A. n.

a. See quots.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > (a) means > equipment for any action or undertaking > a device or contrivance > gadget

jigger1874

gadget1885

timenoguy1886

toy1895

widget1924

gimmick1926

boondoggle1935

gizmo1943

1935 R. Marshall in N.Y. Times 4 Apr. 2 ‘Boon doggles’ is simply a term applied back in the pioneer days to what we call gadgets today.

1935 Word Study Sept. 2 Boondoggle was coined for another purpose by Robert H. Link of Rochester. Through his connection with scouting the word later came into general use as a name given to the braided leather lanyard made and worn by Boy Scouts.

b. A trivial, useless, or unnecessary undertaking; wasteful expenditure.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [noun] > a profitless undertaking

wild-goose race1594

wild goose chase1597

fool's erranda1629

job1680

water haul1823

rainbow chase1840

Sisyphism1846

blind alley1854

fool's gold1870

mug's game1900

Saltash luck1914

dead end1922

boondoggle1947

1947 Chicago Tribune 8 June i. 22/2 The cost of this boondoggle has been estimated at perhaps 50 million dollars.

1969 N.Y. Rev. Books 2 Jan. 5 (heading) Nixon and the arms race: the bomber boondoggle.

B. v. intransitive.

To engage in trifling or frivolous work.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > be idle or unoccupied [verb (intransitive)] > potter or waste time in trifling activity

trifle?a1400

loiterc1400

tiffc1440

tifflec1440

to pick a salad1520

to play the wanton1529

fiddle1530

dauntc1540

piddle1545

dally?1548

pittlea1568

pingle1574

puddle1591

to thrum caps1594

maginate1623

meecha1625

pudder1624

dabble1631

fanfreluche1653

dawdlea1656

taigle17..

niff-naff1728

tiddle1747

peddle1755

gammer1788

quiddle1789

muddle1791

browse1803

niddle1808

poke1811

fal-lal1818

potter1824

footer1825

putter1827

shaffle1828

to fool about1838

mike1838

piffle1847

mess1853

to muck about1856

tinker1856

bohemianize1857

to fool around1860

frivol1866

june1869

muss1876

to muddle about (also around)1877

slummock1877

dicker1888

moodle1893

to fart about1899

to fart about (or around)1899

plouter1899

futz1907

monkey1916

to arse around1919

to play around1929

to fuck around1931

tool1932

frig1933

boondoggle1935

to muck around1935

to screw around1935

to bugger about1937

to bugger around1939

to piss about1943

to dick around1948

to jerk around1953

fart-arse1954

to fanny around1969

slop1973

dork1982

to twat around (or about)1992

to dick about1996

1935 Chicago Tribune 4 Oct. To the cowboy it meant the making of saddle trappings out of odds and ends of leather, and they boondoggled when there was nothing else to do on the ranch.

Derivatives

ˈboondoggler n.

ΚΠ

1937 Amer. Speech 12 6 Administrators of relief became boondogglers to the Republican press and orators.

ˈboondoggling n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [noun] > futile activity

vanity1303

superfluitya1398

mappery1609

waste-time1609

tautology1639

boondoggling1935

taradiddle1970

1935 H. L. Ickes Secret Diary (1953) I. 435 I am for substantial, worth-while, and socially desirable public works, while Hopkins is for what has come to be known as boondoggling.

1937 Amer. Speech 12 6 [In the 1936 American election] boondoggling became the current term for describing the waste assertedly evident in..government agencies and bureaus.

1949 R. K. Merton Social Theory ii.vi. 178 This eliminates the very rationale of the intellectual's work and dissipates his interest in his work, leading to the ‘boondoggling neurosis’.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

单词	boondoggle
释义	boondogglen.v. /ˈbuːndɒɡ(ə)l/ Etymology: Origin unknown. U.S. slang. A. n. a. See quots. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > (a) means > equipment for any action or undertaking > a device or contrivance > gadget jigger1874 gadget1885 timenoguy1886 toy1895 widget1924 gimmick1926 boondoggle1935 gizmo1943 1935 R. Marshall in N.Y. Times 4 Apr. 2 ‘Boon doggles’ is simply a term applied back in the pioneer days to what we call gadgets today. 1935 Word Study Sept. 2 Boondoggle was coined for another purpose by Robert H. Link of Rochester. Through his connection with scouting the word later came into general use as a name given to the braided leather lanyard made and worn by Boy Scouts. b. A trivial, useless, or unnecessary undertaking; wasteful expenditure. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [noun] > a profitless undertaking wild-goose race1594 wild goose chase1597 fool's erranda1629 job1680 water haul1823 rainbow chase1840 Sisyphism1846 blind alley1854 fool's gold1870 mug's game1900 Saltash luck1914 dead end1922 boondoggle1947 1947 Chicago Tribune 8 June i. 22/2 The cost of this boondoggle has been estimated at perhaps 50 million dollars. 1969 N.Y. Rev. Books 2 Jan. 5 (heading) Nixon and the arms race: the bomber boondoggle. B. v. intransitive. To engage in trifling or frivolous work. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > be idle or unoccupied [verb (intransitive)] > potter or waste time in trifling activity trifle?a1400 loiterc1400 tiffc1440 tifflec1440 to pick a salad1520 to play the wanton1529 fiddle1530 dauntc1540 piddle1545 dally?1548 pittlea1568 pingle1574 puddle1591 to thrum caps1594 maginate1623 meecha1625 pudder1624 dabble1631 fanfreluche1653 dawdlea1656 taigle17.. niff-naff1728 tiddle1747 peddle1755 gammer1788 quiddle1789 muddle1791 browse1803 niddle1808 poke1811 fal-lal1818 potter1824 footer1825 putter1827 shaffle1828 to fool about1838 mike1838 piffle1847 mess1853 to muck about1856 tinker1856 bohemianize1857 to fool around1860 frivol1866 june1869 muss1876 to muddle about (also around)1877 slummock1877 dicker1888 moodle1893 to fart about1899 to fart about (or around)1899 plouter1899 futz1907 monkey1916 to arse around1919 to play around1929 to fuck around1931 tool1932 frig1933 boondoggle1935 to muck around1935 to screw around1935 to bugger about1937 to bugger around1939 to piss about1943 to dick around1948 to jerk around1953 fart-arse1954 to fanny around1969 slop1973 dork1982 to twat around (or about)1992 to dick about1996 1935 Chicago Tribune 4 Oct. To the cowboy it meant the making of saddle trappings out of odds and ends of leather, and they boondoggled when there was nothing else to do on the ranch. Derivatives ˈboondoggler n. ΚΠ 1937 Amer. Speech 12 6 Administrators of relief became boondogglers to the Republican press and orators. ˈboondoggling n. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [noun] > futile activity vanity1303 superfluitya1398 mappery1609 waste-time1609 tautology1639 boondoggling1935 taradiddle1970 1935 H. L. Ickes Secret Diary (1953) I. 435 I am for substantial, worth-while, and socially desirable public works, while Hopkins is for what has come to be known as boondoggling. 1937 Amer. Speech 12 6 [In the 1936 American election] boondoggling became the current term for describing the waste assertedly evident in..government agencies and bureaus. 1949 R. K. Merton Social Theory ii.vi. 178 This eliminates the very rationale of the intellectual's work and dissipates his interest in his work, leading to the ‘boondoggling neurosis’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < n.v.1935
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