variants
also rigamarole
as in gobbledygook
language marked by abstractions, jargon, euphemisms, and circumlocutions
the security guard gave me some kind of rigmarole about passes and authorizations
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Recent Examples of rigmarole
Mutual funds allowed customers to write large checks above some threshold on their accounts rather than the rigmarole of a withdrawal.
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Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 23 Nov. 2025
So there are all those questions and rigmarole.
—Jordan Moreau, Variety, 24 Sep. 2025
The bust was followed by months of prolonged legal rigmarole.
—John Semley, Rolling Stone, 19 Apr. 2025
Editors’ Picks Our Favorite Bathrooms Kermit has been through the graduation rigmarole before.
—Callie Holtermann, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
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Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 23 Nov. 2025
So there are all those questions and rigmarole.
—Jordan Moreau, Variety, 24 Sep. 2025
The bust was followed by months of prolonged legal rigmarole.
—John Semley, Rolling Stone, 19 Apr. 2025
Editors’ Picks Our Favorite Bathrooms Kermit has been through the graduation rigmarole before.
—Callie Holtermann, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rigmarole
Noun
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Meaningless gobbledygook to an outsider, yet powerful to those who know how to wield those sounds properly.—
Noel Murray,
Vulture,
17 Oct. 2025
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Bob Kring DeBary Congressional bill is full of greed The Great Big Beautiful Bill reads like 950 pages of of gobbledygook distilled into four words: Greedy, stingy, mean and short-sighted.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 July 2025
Noun
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His disturbing and bloody rhetoric created a twisted equivalence between violent crime and immigrants, most of whom come here to work, raise families and contribute to our population growth and economy.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
7 Mar. 2026
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Racial profiling is virtually a stated part of the department’s strategy, and ad campaigns have openly espoused white-nationalist rhetoric and talking points.—
Jonathan Blitzer,
New Yorker,
6 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Imagine designing a system that conforms to that gibberish, or the ensuing court battles.—
The Editorial Board,
Oc Register,
25 Jan. 2026
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In Anthropic’s experiments, as few as 250 malicious documents were enough to induce AI models to output gibberish.—
Craig S. Smith,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
Noun
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After all, when placed on a marquee, this punctuation mark signifies that a film will contain an exceptional array of excitement, thrills, and shock, heightening our expectations — as well as our disappointment when (as often happens) the hype isn’t delivered.—
Rachel Simon,
Vulture,
6 Mar. 2026
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Because after all, despite a bottle’s availability or the hype surrounding it, that is the most important thing.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
6 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Driving the news: The statement was published only in English on the Facebook page of the Israeli Prime Minister's Office — potentially another case of double-talk by Netanyahu.—
Barak Ravid,
Axios,
27 Sep. 2024
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The GOP Senate candidate in Arizona, whose brand is a combative, never-back-down MAGA politics, has adopted a position on the issue that is nearly indistinguishable from that of double-talking Democrats.—
Rich Lowry,
National Review,
14 Apr. 2024
Noun
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Not his first blockbuster deal This isn’t Gore’s first time doing the song and dance of being traded.—
SportsDay Staff,
Dallas Morning News,
22 Jan. 2026
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Just stop with this whole song and dance between Kuminga and Steve Kerr.—
Zach Harper,
New York Times,
5 Jan. 2026
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“Rigmarole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rigmarole. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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