Timeline for Word for a task which is flawed or doomed to failure but which you have to do anyway?
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| Nov 21, 2014 at 5:50 | comment | added | Preston | Wild Goose Chase | |
| Nov 20, 2014 at 13:54 | comment | added | virmaior | ergo, the appending to the front to compensate for the inadequacy of the term by itself. | |
| Nov 20, 2014 at 13:42 | comment | added | Hot Licks | In my neck of the woods "snipe hunt" is literally a "fool's errand", which is not the same as a Sisyphean task. A "fool's errand" is a task which you set a "fool" (unknowing victim) to doing, with the understanding that it's impossible. It's purpose is to keep the person busy, show him a fool, or both. A Sisyphean task, on the other hand, is one you basically understand to be hopeless but cannot avoid. | |
| Nov 20, 2014 at 11:02 | history | answered | virmaior | CC BY-SA 3.0 |