underwater basket weaving

English

Noun

underwater basket weaving (uncountable)

1. (informal, derogatory) A college or high school course or major that is easy and useless but will not result in finding a job or contributing anything valuable to society.

   Synonyms: feminist dance therapy, lesbian dance theory

   • 2005 September 15, The Columbus Dispatch:

     Sure, somewhere out there, college slackers were taking broom ball and underwater basket weaving.