1. A long and complicated and confusing procedure
   "all that academic rigamarole was a waste of time";
   - rigmarole, palaver [informal]
    
2. A set of confused and meaningless statements
   "The customer service representative gave a long rigamarole instead of a simple answer";
   - rigmarole

Derived forms: rigamaroles

Type of: bunk [informal], hokum [informal], meaninglessness, nonsense, nonsensicality, procedure, process

Encyclopedia: Rigamarole