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    Tar ba·by
    /ˈtär ˌbābē/

    noun

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