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- How common is the term boondoggle? And what is its origin?
The boondoggle, which leaped literally into fame overnight when it was introduced by Rochester Boy Scouts at the jamboree in England, is a braided lanyard on which various things such as whistles can be hung So fascinating do the boys find it, that they have spent practically all their spare time on the work
- Opposite of boondoggle - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
If a trip meant "for business" that results in a trip "for pleasure" can be characterized as a boondoggle, then is there a word for the converse, where a trip "for pleasure" (eg vacation) results in
- Word meaning to repeat what another person is saying as a form of . . .
For example, when a kid repeats what his her mother is saying because he she is angry
- expressions - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
One might think of boondoggle boondoggling but I'm looking for something a bit different: rather than trying to appear busy without actually being so, I'm trying to find a word or expression to de
- A word for set to zero - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Is there a word that entails the meaning of "I set it to zero"? Note how this may not necessarily mean you reset something, as its default value may be something other than zero
- Why I would like to instead of I will like to [duplicate]
@Boondoggle UK english, but even that is poorly spoken by most people in our country He uses "will" in place of "would" when describing ANYTHING would like to do
- tenses - talking about vs talk about - English Language Usage . . .
I came across the following sentence on the internet: "When we are talking about possession, relationships, illnesses and characteristics of people or things we can use either have or have got "
- ‘In’ a meeting or ‘at’ a meeting? Which one is correct?
I would like to know what preposition ‘meeting’ should take Should I say I’m at a meeting or I’m in a meeting?
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