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boondoggle
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural boondoggles
plural boondoggles
Learner's definition of BOONDOGGLE
[count] US
: an expensive and wasteful project usually paid for with public money（利用公共资金建设的昂贵而无用的）形象工程，面子工程
- Critics say the dam is a complete boondoggle—over budget, behind schedule, and unnecessary.批评者说那个水坝完全是一项面子工程——预算超支、工期拖后，而且还毫无必要。
boondoggle
noun
boon·dog·gle ˈbün-ˌdä-gəl 
-ˌdȯ-
1
: a braided cord worn by Boy Scouts as a neckerchief slide (see slide entry 2 sense 4b), hatband, or ornament
boondoggle intransitive verb
Did you know?
Boondoggle Started With the Scouts
When boondoggle popped up in the early 1900s, lots of people tried to explain where the word came from. One theory traced it to an Ozarkian word for "gadget," while another related it to the Tagalog word that gave us boondocks. Another hypothesis suggested that boondoggle came from the name of leather toys Daniel Boone supposedly made for his dog. But the only theory that is supported by evidence is much simpler. In the 1920s, Robert Link, a scoutmaster for the Boy Scouts of America, apparently coined the word to name the braided leather cords made and worn by scouts. The word came to prominence when such a boondoggle was presented to the Prince of Wales at the 1929 World Jamboree, and it's been with us ever since.
Example Sentences
Critics say the dam is a complete boondoggle—over budget, behind schedule, and unnecessary.
Recent Examples on the Web And time after time Californians have fought against these boondoggle projects and won. 
CBS News, 13 Aug. 2022 Where Philbrick sees opportunity, critics see a boondoggle. Alan Ohnsman, Forbes, 16 July 2022 The Pac-12 Networks proved to be a boondoggle, and as other conferences cashed in via mega-television contracts, Pac-12 schools cashed considerably smaller checks and fell further behind. Kent Somers, The Arizona Republic, 30 June 2022 The bounty was a boondoggle on Wall Street, though. Ryan Dezember, WSJ, 23 May 2022 Moreover, trucking relies on the public provision of highways, a perpetual pork barrel boondoggle which wastes $18 billion annually. Roslyn Layton, Forbes, 28 June 2022 But is hydrogen a crucial clean energy solution, or a greenwashing boondoggle that would prop up the fossil fuel industry? Sammy Rothstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2022 Opponents call it a boondoggle that would benefit parent company Brookfield Infrastructure while saddling ratepayers with the costs. Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2022 Hall’s serious miscasting goes beyond a boondoggle but suggests that the filmmaker is clueless about her story’s issues and the facts of social living. Armond White, National Review, 2 Mar. 2022 See More
CBS News, 13 Aug. 2022 Where Philbrick sees opportunity, critics see a boondoggle. Alan Ohnsman, Forbes, 16 July 2022 The Pac-12 Networks proved to be a boondoggle, and as other conferences cashed in via mega-television contracts, Pac-12 schools cashed considerably smaller checks and fell further behind. Kent Somers, The Arizona Republic, 30 June 2022 The bounty was a boondoggle on Wall Street, though. Ryan Dezember, WSJ, 23 May 2022 Moreover, trucking relies on the public provision of highways, a perpetual pork barrel boondoggle which wastes $18 billion annually. Roslyn Layton, Forbes, 28 June 2022 But is hydrogen a crucial clean energy solution, or a greenwashing boondoggle that would prop up the fossil fuel industry? Sammy Rothstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2022 Opponents call it a boondoggle that would benefit parent company Brookfield Infrastructure while saddling ratepayers with the costs. Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2022 Hall’s serious miscasting goes beyond a boondoggle but suggests that the filmmaker is clueless about her story’s issues and the facts of social living. Armond White, National Review, 2 Mar. 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
coined by Robert H. Link †1957 American scoutmaster
First Known Use
1928, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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