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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]]''). 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. | 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. | ||
'''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''. | |||
'''Boondoggle''' has also come to refer in the | |||
== 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 }} | ||
*<!--{{cite web | title=The Origins of the Woggle | work= | publisher=London: The Scout Information Centre | url=http://www.scoutbase.org.uk/library/hqdocs/facts/pdfs/fs145003.pdf | accessdate=February 19 | accessyear=2005 }} --> "[http://www.scoutbase.org.uk/library/hqdocs/facts/pdfs/fs145003.pdf The Origins of the Woggle]". The Scout Information Centre: London. Accessed [[February 19]], [[2005]] ( | *<!--{{cite web | title=The Origins of the Woggle | work= | publisher=London: The Scout Information Centre | url=http://www.scoutbase.org.uk/library/hqdocs/facts/pdfs/fs145003.pdf | accessdate=February 19 | accessyear=2005 }} --> "[http://www.scoutbase.org.uk/library/hqdocs/facts/pdfs/fs145003.pdf The Origins of the Woggle]". The Scout Information Centre: London. Accessed [[February 19]], [[2005]] (PDF format) | ||
[[Category:Scoutcraft]] | [[Category:Scoutcraft]] | ||
[[Category:Arts and craft activities]] | |||
Latest revision as of 19:19, 27 December 2009
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.
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.
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)