fool's errand

A task which is widely known to be unwise, yet is carried out against a person's better judgement.

He went to her house to tell her he loved her, even though her husband was home. It was a fool's errand.

by Jon February 17, 2005

errand circle

Completing various errands that require one to travel all over one's town, often in no particular order, and with new errands popping up in between the ones that were planned ahead of time. The location of the stops do not necessarily make a circle, and stopping at one particular place more than once can be considered part of the circle.

Man, I covered every street in town with that errand circle, and I must've stopped at Wal-Mart at least three times!

by Tado_Chip January 8, 2009

fool's errand

Sent to or set out on a task which ultimately has no purpose or likelihood of success.
Discovering as much.

"Damn, we drove all the way to Jackies place only to find she'd gone down to ours!"

by Container October 12, 2003

Errand shirt

A shirt worn to give the appearance of being older than the wearer actually is. Often used to purchase alcohol, or get into clubs, etc.

Tom: Hey Mike can you get us some beer for the party?
Mike: Sure just let me go get my errand shirt.

by Jake "Hairy" S June 28, 2008

e-errand

Running errands online, such as shopping or paying bills.

"I'm heading to the coffee shop for an hour to get online and run some e-errands."

by PeggyKJ January 29, 2012

Errand

Something parents say when they will be gone for a long time.

(ex:They go and hang out with someone for 3 hours and then go to the store for 1 hour)

I'll be back soon hun I have to run an errand!

by Kenxiexo December 19, 2016

errand

Noun. An expedition involving the acquisition of some good, usually perceived as essential, when in fact completely unnecessary. Because errands involve a component of travel, they are often confused for a leisure activity. From the root, errant, aimless.

I had a busy day today running errands.

by SkippyD1 May 3, 2006