My new word....I heard used on the news this morning....kinda makes me think of auditing TRID and other idiotic rules.

noun
1. Work or activity that is wasteful or pointless but gives the appearance of having value.

verb
1. waste money or time on unnecessary or questionable projects.

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Actually....both as a verb and a noun.....describes many regulations in general.......

CFPB, essentially, a boondoggle?

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I used that word yesterday... LOL

It's not a good word for what the meaning is...it doesn't 'fit' very well to me. OR, maybe I'm too used to Boondocks and it's way too close...who knows.

Let me go back to boondoggling {HMDA scrub}

such a kerfuffle!

Har har har, Mr. Pale!
I had to look that one up!

kerfuffle
noun
a commotion or fuss, especially one caused by conflicting views.

Politics maybe?

please use "boondoggle" and "kerfuffle" in a sentence:

Meryl Streep's speech at the Golden Globes was a boondoggle, and she caused quite the kerfuffle amongst the Hollywood elite and the press.

Are you saying that she engaged in subterfuge in her diatribe?

Oops, I did not read diatribe the first time I read that sentence.

There may have been hyperbole in her pontification.