tar baby
- a difficult problem that is only aggravated by attempts to solve it;a contemptuous term for a black person.
noun: tar baby, plural noun: tar babies
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- 1. informal a difficult problem that is only aggravated by attempts to solve it disposal of nuclear waste was a problem whose solution was endlessly delayed, a tar baby no one wanted anything to do with
- 2. US offensive a contemptuous term for a black person.