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Better Business Bureau

An abstraction, or a layer of complexity, formulated by businesses, by which to channel the angst of their customers into endless bureaucratic processes with no other purpose than to make the aggrieved customers go away.
Filing a complaint with the better business bureau sure was a waste of time.
by Mario R. Sanchez September 11, 2008
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bureaucramancy

The practice of malicious and deceptive arts within an institution or company for the purposes of spite, cronyism, or sabotage.
The difference between necromancy and bureaucramancy is that whereas the dead used to have souls, bureaucrats never did.
by skyywise October 27, 2005
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Bureaucracy

a word that means anything you want it to mean in the world, according to Ms. Maroun.
"When I call your name, please bring up your bureaucracy!"
"I have a lot of bureaucratic issues to deal with today."
by marounfanxD September 12, 2017
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Bureau of Morality

A fictional organization from the alternate reality game to the Nine Inch Nails Album Year Zero. The purpose of the Bureau is to keep citizens in line and make sure they aren't doing anything they consider "un-american" such as expressing dissapointment with the government. Extreme punishments are handed down to people who do break their laws and use their voice.
Our schoolboard's really become the Bureau of Morality, it sucks!
by Gaaraofthedamned January 19, 2011
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bureaucrete

The project is 9 months behind schedule because it has become mired in bureaucrete.
by Bob Slug June 13, 2010
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bureaurocratitis

The inflexible mind set which permeates organizations that we are dependant upon to approve something before we can proceed with our lives. A.K.A. gatekeepers disease.
I hope you're not too frustrated on this St Francis Yacht Club thing Judy. It seems that some of these big Prestigious Yacht Clubs are beset with bureaurocratitis.
by Holly Goodhead March 9, 2014
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Bureaucrap

A bowel movement that requires a lot of paperwork.
I had a curry that was a bit dodgy last night, I had to go for bureaucrap this morning...
by Winky84 October 11, 2018
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