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yak shav·ing
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yak shavingnoun
Any apparently useless activity which, by allowing you to overcome intermediate difficulties, allows you to solve a larger problem.
yak shavingnoun
The actually useless activity you do that appears important when you are consciously or unconsciously procrastinating about a larger problem.
Etymology: Uncertain.
The New Hacker's Dictionary
yak shaving
[MIT AI Lab, after 2000: orig. probably from a Ren & Stimpy episode.] 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.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of yak shaving in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of yak shaving in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
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