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wombat noun. Something that is profoundly uninteresting and/or useless.

Example Citation:
"I bailed out of the chat room because they were wrestling with the Netscape versus Internet Explorer wombat."

Notes:
This sense of the word comes from the acronym WOMBAT: Waste Of Money Brains And Time.

Subject Category:
Language - Acronyms and Abbreviations

Posted on March 30, 1997 at 10:08 AM
Updated on March 30, 1997 at 10:08 AM


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