POINTLESS
ADJECTIVES
► ALL UP WITH of an object or plan: ruined, pointless, destroyed, finished → L18 sl.
► NO DICE insignificant, worthless, pointless → 1938 sl.
► OFF THE WALL odd, eccentric; crazy; obnoxious, offensive, pointless → 1937 US sl.
► PURPORTLESS meaningless, pointless → 1802
► SUCK-ASS useless, pointless → 2004 African-American sl.
NOUNS
► JACK-OFF an act of masturbation; hence, fig. something worthless or pointless → 1930s US sl.
► MUTT’S GAME a foolish endeavour, a pointless exercise → 1910 sl.
PHRASES
► WRAPPED AROUND THE AXLE tangled in complex and trivial matters; involved in a pointless discussion → 1980s US army usage
VERBS
► MILK OVER THE CAN to discourse pointlessly or beyond the mark → 1895 Eng. dial.
► PISS UP A ROPE to do something pointless → 1964 sl.
► PISS UP THE END OF A ROPE to do something pointless → 1939 sl.
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