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dogwash
/dogwosh/ [From a quip in the urgency field of a very optional software change request, ca.: 1982. It was something like Urgency: Wash your dog first. ] 1. n. A project of minimal priority, undertaken as an escape from more serious work. 2. v. To engage in such a project. Many games and much freeware get written this way.