Yak Shaving

What is Yak Shaving?

1.

Any seemingly pointless activity which is actually necessary to solve a problem which solves a problem which, several levels of recursion later, solves the real problem you're working on.

origin: MIT AI Lab, after 2000: orig. probably from a Ren & Stimpy episode.

See Brandon
9

Random Words:

Egraberlicious
1. A certain warm, classy, beautiful sweetness - flavorized with enchanting humor - found primarily on the continent of North America. To..
Read more
Toolenate
1. n. toolenate - tool·in·ate Spitting an amense amount of times while smoking a cigarette that you pretend to inhale. "hey loser, y..
Read more
Off The Meter
1. Very good, awesome, great. That party was off the meter. That girls ass is off the meter. See resk..
Read more

Best StartPage for your browser.

All you need for a faster workflow in one place.



Get it for Free