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rigmarole
rigamarole
Synonyms and Antonyms of rigmarole
language marked by abstractions, jargon, euphemisms, and circumlocutions the security guard gave me some kind of rigmarole about passes and authorizations Synonyms bafflegab, double-talk, gobbledygook (also gobbledegook), gibberish (also rigamarole), song and danceRelated Words bureaucratese, computerese, educationese, governmentese, legalese, Pentagonese, psychobabble, technobabble; bombast, fustian, gas, grandiloquence, hot air, hype, oratory, rhetoric, wind
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