rigmarole

• Nom désignant un processus ou un ensemble de démarches long, compliqué et confus, souvent perçu comme absurde ou inutilement complexe.

A noun referring to a long, complicated, and confusing process or set of statements, often perceived as meaningless or unnecessarily elaborate.

1. Confused or meaningless talkC1informal

   A long, rambling, and often confusing or meaningless set of statements.

   Discours confus ou verbiage

   • He went into a long rigmarole about his childhood that no one understood.
   • I didn't believe a word of his rigmarole about the missing documents.
   • She gave a rigmarole of excuses for being late.

   Synonymesbabblebalderdashblatherdrivelfolderolgibberishmumbo jumbononsensepalaverramblingtwaddleverbiage

2. Complicated procedureC1informal

   A long, complicated, and often confusing process or set of steps required to achieve something.

   procédure compliquée

   • I had to go through the whole rigmarole of filling out forms and getting approvals.
   • The visa application was a bureaucratic rigmarole.
   • Why do we have to go through this rigmarole just to get a refund?

   Synonymesbotherbureaucracyceremonyfusshasslehooplamachineryred tapesong and dance