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also rigamarole
as in gobbledegook
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
Of course, there’s a lot more rigmarole involved when selling on the secondary market, including sellers’ fees, but that gap between the valuations is wide.
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Janhoi McGregor, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
But not as weird as the rigmarole of the music industry.
—Justin Curto, Vulture, 26 Mar. 2025
Is there a company that prides itself on an absence of rigmarole?
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 22 July 2024
Last season’s nail-biting seven-game battle was famously known as the I-80 series because both teams opted for the approximately 90-minute (depending on traffic) bus ride rather than the rigmarole of a short flight.
—Joe Rubin, Sacramento Bee, 16 Apr. 2024
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Janhoi McGregor, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
But not as weird as the rigmarole of the music industry.
—Justin Curto, Vulture, 26 Mar. 2025
Is there a company that prides itself on an absence of rigmarole?
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 22 July 2024
Last season’s nail-biting seven-game battle was famously known as the I-80 series because both teams opted for the approximately 90-minute (depending on traffic) bus ride rather than the rigmarole of a short flight.
—Joe Rubin, Sacramento Bee, 16 Apr. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rigmarole
Noun
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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
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The six-episode limited series feels like a long movie broken into arbitrary episodes, its ending is mired by digital gobbledygook, and Marvel still doesn’t know how magic makes sense in a universe ruled by advanced technology and literal gods.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
24 June 2025
Noun
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Concerns over antisemitic rhetoric and vandalism didn’t even tighten the race.—
Sara Forman,
New York Daily News,
8 July 2025
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Trump also targeted Canada in his rhetoric, suggesting the country could become the 51st state in the U.S.—
David Zimmermann,
The Washington Examiner,
8 July 2025
Noun
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Today's teen slang might seem like complete gibberish, but you may be surprised by how many terms echo phrases from the past.—
Annabelle Canela,
Parents,
3 June 2025
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Teachers have banned it from the classroom after kids disrupted lessons by reciting its signature gibberish, Parents reports.—
Leslie Katz,
Forbes.com,
3 May 2025
Noun
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Despite the lack of snaps, Carter lived up to the hype.—
Justin Grasso,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 July 2025
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For instance, a recent Black Book survey found most AI systems aren’t living up to the hype in healthcare.—
Johnny Hecker,
Forbes.com,
9 July 2025
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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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The actors do take some interesting risks – talking while eating, breaking into song and dance.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
25 June 2025
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At first, Elsbeth watches Retta and her co-horts belt out the lyrics and move around her, before it’s revealed just how the song and dance routine is taking place.—
Vlada Gelman,
TVLine,
6 May 2025
Cite this Entry
“Rigmarole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rigmarole. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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