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As part of Radio 2's Voice Week, listener Simon Kaufman introduces Vanessa Feltz's Word Of The Day.

Sisyphean – meaning an endlessly futile or laborious task. The word derives from the name Sisyphus, who in Greek mythology was punished for chronic deceitfulness by being made to push uphill a rock, watch it roll back down again, and repeat this action forever.