boonAdogAgleAAAAA /bundgl, -dgl/ [boon-dog-uhl, -daw-guhl]
noun, verb, -gled, -gling.

-noun
1.AAA a product of simple manual skill, as a plaited leather cord for the neck or a knife sheath, made typically by a camper or a scout.
2.AAA work of little or no value done merely to keep or look busy.
3.AAA a project funded by the federal government out of political favoritism that is of no real value to the community or the nation.
-verb (used with object)
4.AAA to deceive or attempt to deceive: to boondoggle investors into a low-interest scheme.
-verb (used without object)
5.AAA to do work of little or no practical value merely to keep or look busy.
[Origin: 1930-35, Americanism; said to have been coined by R. H. Link, American scoutmaster, as name for def. 1]

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In a sentence (of course):

"Damn, Beantown, this place is a mess"
-"Yeah, son, ya’ll cats really been gettin’ boondoggled in the buttox."