Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

moondoggle

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: moon-dog-gle
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Efforts to transport people to the Moon, regarded as a useless waste of resources.

American usage; Colloquial; Derogatory

Example Sentences

"We are virtually abandoning the first Outer Space area through which military attacks may be launched, to spend billions on a nonmilitary moondoggle — the attempt to put a man on the moon."
"He stated that “as long as James E. Webb is the Administrator of NASA, I am not voting another dollar for this moondoggle. […]"
"During the years of Vietnam and the moondoggle the balance of Pentagon prime contracts shifted sharply to the Southern Rim, with the percentages mounting every year, […]"

Etymology

Blend of Moon + boondoggle.

Usage

Inflected Forms

moondoggles (plural)

Questions

What does moondoggle mean?: Efforts to transport people to the Moon, regarded as a useless waste of resources.
Where does moondoggle come from?: Blend of Moon + boondoggle.

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