Rigmarole
concept
5 mentions
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first heard Aug 2026
last heard 21 Aug
↑5 vs the 6 months before
Word meaning a convoluted, confusing, or tedious process
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Peak in the week of 15 Aug — 5 mentions across 1 series.
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newest first · ▶ plays the momentPeter SokolowskiMerriam-Webster's Word of the Day · rigmarole · 1:39 · 21 Aug
…In the mid nineteenth century, Rigmarole, also spelled Rigamarole, reflecting its common pronunciation, acquired the sense referring to a complex and tedious procedure.…
Peter SokolowskiMerriam-Webster's Word of the Day · rigmarole · 1:24 · 21 Aug
…Both terms fell out of written use, but Ragman Roll persisted in speech, and in the eighteenth century it resurfaced in writing as Rigmarole.…
Peter SokolowskiMerriam-Webster's Word of the Day · rigmarole · 0:38 · 21 Aug
…My mind always feels clearer after a run, and it can be an escape from the rigmarole of life.…
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