dogwash

( /dog´wosh/)

   [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.

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