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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
This leads to a chaotic rigmarole in which, bit by bit, the Hungarian mobsters stream downstairs to either take advantage of the girls or do away with them, forcing them to rely on their discipline and athletic training to mount a response.
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Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 14 Mar. 2026
Now, there’s a bit of rigmarole in getting that price, which includes (according to Google Translate) nabbing a time-specific coupon worth $286 and trading in your old phone.
—Janhoi McGregor, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026
The victors of Iraqi elections often enter a familiar rigmarole of bargaining and deal-making to form the largest parliamentary alliance and put a government in place.
—Nabil Salih, Time, 4 Dec. 2025
Mutual funds allowed customers to write large checks above some threshold on their accounts rather than the rigmarole of a withdrawal.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 23 Nov. 2025
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Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 14 Mar. 2026
Now, there’s a bit of rigmarole in getting that price, which includes (according to Google Translate) nabbing a time-specific coupon worth $286 and trading in your old phone.
—Janhoi McGregor, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026
The victors of Iraqi elections often enter a familiar rigmarole of bargaining and deal-making to form the largest parliamentary alliance and put a government in place.
—Nabil Salih, Time, 4 Dec. 2025
Mutual funds allowed customers to write large checks above some threshold on their accounts rather than the rigmarole of a withdrawal.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 23 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rigmarole
Noun
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The prompts must make sense and cannot just be gobbledygook.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
11 Apr. 2026
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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
Noun
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Hyper-aggressive rhetoric on social media, political extremism, and the normalization of violence are certainly contributing factors.—
Andrew Cuomo,
New York Daily News,
2 May 2026
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Perhaps, as more and more people on the right echo white-supremacist rhetoric, some lawmakers might actually just start saying the thing out loud, and the courts will have to act.—
Vann R. Newkirk II,
The Atlantic,
2 May 2026
Noun
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And these worlds aren’t even real, just ones and zeros merged to form a network of communication that sometimes feels like incoherent gibberish.—
Brandon Kaipo Moningka,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Apr. 2026
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Legal gibberish Let’s start with those last two words.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Kid Rock kicked off the first show of his Freedom 250 Tour in Dallas with a pre-show hype video featuring himself and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth riding in twin Apache helicopters.—
Jack Dunn,
Variety,
2 May 2026
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Why this game between two teams whose meetings often fail to live up to the hype and who, entertainment-wise during 2025-26, have hardly been thrill-a-minute?—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
1 May 2026
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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
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Yet, this lovable kids' series continues to teach positive messages through song and dance to this day.—
Lynnette Nicholas,
Parents,
6 Apr. 2026
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When the divine Miss C proves incompetent at song and dance, the show hurtles towards the present, in a premiere overstuffed with timely references (COVID) and fan-pleasing guest stars (Fran Drescher).—
Judy Berman,
Time,
17 Mar. 2026
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“Rigmarole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rigmarole. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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