A.Word.A.Day--boondoggle

Just got back from vacation and while going through my email I found this
"word a day" that you thought some of you might be interested in. I am
familiar with the #2 definition but I hadn't seen the #1.

Appologies if someone else posted this while I was out of town and set to
nomail.

>boon.dog.gle n. [coined by Robert H. Link, American scoutmaster]
>1. a braided cord worn by Boy Scouts as a neckerchief slide, hatband, or
> ornament
>2. a wasteful or impractical project or activity often involving graft
>
> "The Alameda Corridor is potentially the greatest boon to the broad
> region that stretches from the Pacific through the Inland Empire--and
> it is the biggest potential boondoggle."
> Bill Boyarsky, The Spin, Los Angeles Times, 03-20-1996, pp B-1.
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Mark W. Arend
Beaver Dam Community Library
311 N. Spring St. Outside of a dog, a book is
Beaver Dam, Wisc. 53916 man's best friend. Inside of
(920) 887-4631 (fax 887-4633) a dog it's too dark to read.
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