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'''Boondoggle''' is a [[North American English|North American]] arts and crafts activity in which you use flat strings. | '''Boondoggle''' is a [[North American English|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 [[Scouting|Boy Scout]] (also called a ''[[woggle]]''). | Originally the term was ''boon doogle'' referring to a bone or metal ring used to secure the scarf of a [[Scouting|Boy Scout]] (also called a ''[[woggle]]''). American [[Scoutmaster]] Robert H. Link (died 1959) is credited with [[Word coinage|coining]] the term. From this, the term came to refer to the [[lanyard]]s worn on the [[uniform]] of a scout, or to similar small decorative objects. | ||
[[Image:Boondoggle_keychain2.JPG|right|thumb|A simple boondoggle keychain]] | [[Image:Boondoggle_keychain2.JPG|right|thumb|A simple boondoggle keychain]] | ||
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[[Image:Gimpthreadspools.JPG|right|thumb|Two spools of plastic lace used for boondoggle keychains]] | [[Image:Gimpthreadspools.JPG|right|thumb|Two spools of plastic lace used for boondoggle keychains]] | ||
==References== | == References == | ||
*{{cite web | author=[[Michael Quinion]] | title=BOONDOGGLE | work=World Wide Words | url=http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-boo1.htm | accessdate=February 19 | accessyear=2005 }} | *{{cite web | author=[[Michael Quinion]] | title=BOONDOGGLE | work=World Wide Words | url=http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-boo1.htm | accessdate=February 19 | accessyear=2005 }} | ||
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Revision as of 12:19, 9 December 2009
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). American Scoutmaster 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.
File:Boondoggle keychain2.JPG
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.
File:Gimpthreadspools.JPG
Two spools of plastic lace used for boondoggle keychains
References
- Michael Quinion. "BOONDOGGLE". World Wide Words. http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-boo1.htm. Retrieved February 19.
- "The Origins of the Woggle". The Scout Information Centre: London. Accessed February 19, 2005 (PDF format)