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Errands
A term used to tell your buddies what's goin down, without telling them the entire story, which will be described in detail at a later date.

"Hey Garrett, where did you run off to before class today? You were like 30 minutes late and the teacher got pissed...."

"I just had to run some errands"

"I see.....i hope you made sure that cute clerk at Vons properly bag your polish sausage"
By Britney
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 Anestassia
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 Cele
Erranding
when one is in the process of running errands.

"I have to go do some erranding later today."
By Happy
Run Errands
The word errand is most commonly used in the sense of a short journey taken to perform some necessary duty.

to run errands -taking or fetching clothes from the cleaners; taking mail to the post office; filling the car with fuel, taking sacks of leaves to the compost center, etc.
By Jaimie
Errand Bitch
Running mindless errands for those that could easily do it themselves, but find you an easy target to manipulate to do their deed.

Link -- You are an Errand Bitch. Pour my drink, send my mail, and save my daughter.
By Frayda
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 Zarla
Internet Errands
Specific tasks that one completes through use of the internet.

Tasks are usually brief and may include communicating (via email, facebook, twitter, blogs), shopping, performing research, online banking, etc.

Ex 1: John: "What are you up to today? Would you like to grab some lunch with me?"

Jane: "I'm sorry, I can't. I have a bunch of internet errands I have to get done."

Ex 2: Jill: "Jack it's 8pm, you're still wearing your pajamas and you haven't left that computer! Have you been wasting all day surfing the web?!"

Jack: "Whoa, chill out, I've been busy. I paid the bills, emailed John and Jane about camping next weekend, booked us flights to visit your parents, posted some items to sell on craigslist, bought a groupon to your favorite restaurant, submitted my research paper, and I ordered you that necklace you were eyeing at the store for half-price off of amazon.com."

Jane: "Well, I cleaned the tub."
By Augusta
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 Jenilee
Run Errands
A trip to get or do something, especially for something you don't really like to do or have to do for someone else. It's not like shopping!

Sorry I cannot see you now I have to run errands.
By Korney