rigmarole
rig·ma·role
noun
1.
a set of confused and meaningless statements
2.
a long and complicated and confusing procedure
- “all that academic rigmarole was a waste of time”
Origin
From ragman roll (“long list; catalogue”). Recorded since c1736.
Related words
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