wombat

n : burrowing herbivorous Australian marsupials about the size

of a badger

WOMBAT

Waste Of Money, Brains, And Time.

Problems which are both profoundly {uninteresting} in

themselves and unlikely to benefit anyone interesting even if

solved. Often used in fanciful constructions such as

"wrestling with a wombat".

See also {crawling horror}, {SMOP}.

[{Jargon File}]

(1995-03-10)