Definition

An activity, task, or obligation that devours hours of your life while providing minimal value in return. The corporate meeting that should've been an email, but stretched into a three-hour philosophical debate about font choices.

Example Usage

Scrolling through my ex's vacation photos turned into a two-hour time suck I'll never get back.

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