rigmarole

/'rigməroul/

Thân thiện

The teacher explained the whole rigmarole of the school's new computer login system.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A long, complicated, and confusing procedure: A process that is unnecessarily complex, tedious, or bureaucratic.
   • A set of confused and meaningless statements: A long, rambling, and incoherent story or piece of writing.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • Getting a visa involved a ridiculous rigmarole of forms and interviews.
  • He launched into a long rigmarole about his childhood, but I couldn't follow the point.
  • I had to go through the whole rigmarole of resetting all my passwords.

Advanced Usage

• "to go through the rigmarole (of doing something)": To endure a tedious and complicated process.
  • We had to go through the rigmarole of getting three separate quotes before the company would approve the repair.

Variants and Related Words

• Rigamarole (noun): An alternative, less common spelling of "rigmarole" with the same meaning.

Synonyms

• Red tape: Official rules and procedures that seem unnecessary and cause delay.
• Bureaucracy: A system of administration marked by complexity and proliferation of procedures.
• Palaver: Prolonged and tedious fuss or discussion.
• Drivel: Silly, meaningless talk or writing.

Related Idioms

• A song and dance: An unnecessarily complicated story or explanation, often intended to deceive or distract.
  • He gave me a whole song and dance about why he was late, but I think he just overslept. (This idiom shares the sense of a tedious, often pointless, narrative.)

Học thuật

Noun

1. a long and complicated and confusing procedure
   • all that academic rigmarole was a waste of time
2. a set of confused and meaningless statements

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