rigmaroles

Noun

rigmarole (countable and uncountable, plural rigmaroles)

1. A long and complicated formal procedure.
   • Have you seen all the rigmarole you have to go through at airport security these days?

   Synonyms:

   carry-on, circus act, palaver, riddle me ree

2. (dated) Confused and incoherent talk; nonsense.
   • If you are alluding to Dostoevski’s worst novels, then, indeed, I dislike intensely The Karamazov Brothers and the ghastly Crime and Punishment rigmarole.

   Synonyms:

   babble, blather, gibberish, migmarole, absurdity, all my eye, all my eye and Betty Martin, apple grease, applesauce, bafflegab

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