Complete Definition of "yak shaving"

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Noun
yak shaving
#idiom 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.

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  • 2007-10-13 16:25 - SemperBlotto - Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/Pnewhook|Pnewhook]] ([[User_talk:Pnewhook|Talk]]); changed back to last version by [[User:128.141.131.164|128.141.131.164]]

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