variants 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. 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 See All Example Sentences for rigmarole
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Noun
  • 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
  • As always, Yellowjackets is full of mind-bending detours, supernatural gobbledygook, and foliage-laden costumes.
    Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 18 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Concerns over antisemitic rhetoric and vandalism didn’t even tighten the race.
    Sara Forman, New York Daily News, 8 July 2025
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Despite the lack of snaps, Carter lived up to the hype.
    Justin Grasso, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 July 2025
  • 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
  • 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
  • Molina’s stories are portrayed in colorful song and dance.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 25 Mar. 2025
  • Marc, never again will there be our little outbursts of song and dance.
    Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 3 June 2025

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“Rigmarole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rigmarole. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.

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