Charybdis absurdity aimlessness bootlessness busyness dirty work dizzy round donkeywork drudgery eddy employment emptiness fag fatigue fatuity fecklessness fruitlessness futility grind gurge gyre handiwork handwork hollowness impotence inanity industry ineffectiveness ineffectuality inefficacy labor lick lick of work maelstrom manual labor meaninglessness moil nugacity otiosity pirouette plenty to do pointlessness press of business profitlessness purposelessness reel round scut work slavery spadework spin stroke stroke of work surge sweat swirl task the absurd the rat race tiresome work toil travail treadmill triviality turn twirl unproductiveness unprofitability unprofitableness valuelessness vanity vicious circle vortex wheel whirl whirlpool whirlwind work worthlessness