rigmarole

(rĭg'mə-rōl') also rig·a·ma·role (-ə-mə-rōl')
n.

1. Confused, rambling, or incoherent discourse; nonsense.
2. A complicated, petty set of procedures.

[Alteration of obsolete ragman roll, catalog, from Middle English ragmane rolle, scroll used in Ragman, a game of chance : perhaps from Anglo-Norman Ragemon le bon, Ragemon the Good, title of a set of verses about a character of this name + Middle English rolle, list (from Old French , from Latin rotula, wheel; see roll).]

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also rigamarole

noun

Something that does not have or make sense: balderdash, blather, bunkum, claptrap, drivel, garbage, idiocy, nonsense, piffle, poppycock, rubbish, tomfoolery, trash, twaddle. Informal tommyrot. Slang applesauce, baloney, bilge, bull¹, bunk², crap, hooey, malarkey. See knowledge/ignorance.

IN BRIEF: n. - A long and complicated and confusing procedure; A set of confused and meaningless statements.

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• Foolishness, Bunkum, and Trifles

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - lang, meningsløs snak, tirade, vrøvl, lang, omstændelig procedure

Nederlands (Dutch)
onzin

Français (French)
n. - long discours

Deutsch (German)
n. - langatmiges Geschwafel, Zirkus

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - χαζοκαμώματα, ασυναρτησίες, κουραφέξαλα, μπούρδες

Italiano (Italian)
tiritera

Português (Portuguese)
n. - conversa sem nexo (f)

Русский (Russian)
белиберда, волокита

Español (Spanish)
n. - galimatías, sarta de disparates

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - svammel, harang, omständig procedur

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
冗长的废话, 没条理的长文, 胡言乱语

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 冗長的廢話, 沒條理的長文, 胡言亂語

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 시시하고 장황한 이야기, 시시한 글

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - とりとめもない長話, ばかげた一連の行為, くだらない長話

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) هراء, إجراء معقد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮תהליך ארוך ומסובך, סיפור מבולבל, פטפוט‬

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