Word of the day - RIGMAROLE

The word today is Rigmarole

Rigmarole is a noun and means the following:

- A long sequence of actions, explanations or words of no real purpose

- Tedious, long-winded, complicated or petty process achieving little

- Talk or actions designed to deflect those seeking help or information 

In my childhood I heard this word a few times, mainly from parents and grandparents (and I'm 66), thinking then it was a local word not in use nationally and on it's way to obscurity, then, to my surprise, it was used in a national news report. Rigmarole is not a dead word after all!

Past tense of rigmarole is rigmaroles - "we heard some rigmaroles"

Saying "don't give me that rigmarole" means stop messing me about

Mum said, "tell me the truth and none of that rigmarole"

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