The committee was self-perpetuating: all it did was hold a meeting to decide when the next meeting was, and consume funds to do so.
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The committee was self-perpetuating: all it did was hold a meeting to decide when the next meeting was, and consume funds to do so.
Source: wiktionary
It's a self-perpetuating error, now that we've made it, we can't fix it without breaking things that depend on it.
Source: wiktionary
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