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This article is about the craft. For the type of project, see Boondoggle (project).
Boondoggle is a North American arts and crafts activity in which you use flat strings. Originally the term was boon doogle referring to a bone or metal ring used to secure the scarf of a Boy Scout (also called a woggle). AmericanScoutmaster Robert H. Link (died 1959) is credited with coining the term. From this, the term came to refer to the lanyards worn on the uniform of a scout, or to similar small decorative objects. Image File history File links Scout_logo2. ... Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... Boondoggle, in the sense of a term for a project that wastes time and money, first appeared during the Great Depression in the 1930s, referring to the millions of jobs given to unemployed men and women to try to get the economy moving again, as part of the New Deal. ... North American English is a collective term used for the varieties of the English language that are spoken in the United States and Canada. ... Scouting, also known as the Scout Movement, is a worldwide youth movement with the stated aim of supporting young people in their physical, mental and spiritual development, so that they may play constructive roles in society. ... A woggle is a device to fasten the neckerchief, or scarf, worn as part of the Scout uniform. ... A Scoutmaster is the adult leader of a Troop in Boy Scouts. ... Words and phrases are often created, or coined, by combining existing words, or by giving words new and unique suffixes and/or prefixes. ... A lanyard (sword knot) fixed to an infantry sword handle A lanyard, also spelled laniard, is a rope or cord often worn around the neck or wrist to carry something. ... A uniform is a set of standard clothing worn by members of an organisation whilst participating in that organisations activity. ...
A simple boondoggle keychain
Boondoggle has also come to refer in the USA for the plaiting craft known elsewhere as Scoubidou, since many such objects are made by this craft. For examples of "boondoggle" in this sense, refer to the article on the movie Napoleon Dynamite. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Scoubidou (Scoubi, Scoobie, or Boondoggle in the USA) is a plaiting and knotting craft, originally aimed at children, which originated in France, where it became a fad in the 1960s. ... Napoleon Dynamite is a 2004 independent film co-written by Jared and Jerusha Hess and directed by Jared Hess. ...
Boondoggle also means in the US Navy a "good deal". The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for naval operations. ...
Boondoggle also is a business trip used for personal means.
Two spools of plastic lace used for boondoggle keychains
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