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bureaucrap

The useless scraps of red tape, spurious documentation, signatures, human signatories, telephone messages, Post-It(TM) notes, faxes, LOIs, MOUs and other detritus that are necessary in order to navigate a needlessly bureaucratic organization.
"Bring that stack of bureaucrap to the vendor meeting. Corporate Counsel needs to know that we dotted our "i"s on this one."
by Hoto Parker March 3, 2006
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Bureaucrat

An alternative energy source to oil. Burning Bureaucrats creates jobs and is good for the environment.
These bureaucrats are killing my business! We should put the on a boat and burn it!
by Deathbypaperwork March 1, 2011
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Bureaucrap

A lazy, paper-shuffling government worker. Bureaucrap's main duty is spending all money they are allotted by any means necessary, then asking for more the next fiscal year. Bureaucraps perpetuate the problems they are assigned to solve, as this is job security.
Upon realizing there was still $200,000 in the department's budget, bureaucrap Dan successfully arranged five seminars dealing with "Diversity in a Mid-Level Management Paradigm."
by Tuftskins April 29, 2009
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Bureaucracy

1. A form of government in which the true power lies in the hands of committees who dictate policy and bureaus that carry them out, with little accountability to the constituency.

2. A form of government, the authority of which is not so much to accomplish anything, but to obstruct accomplishment by anyone else.

3. The form of government that the United States of America really practices while the politicians distract the constituency.
Many nations and corporations are governed as bureaucracies.
by Downstrike June 5, 2004
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Ineffable Bureaucracy

Ship name between the archangel fucking Gabriel and Lord Beelzebub from the Amazon Prime show and book, Good Omens
"Ineffable Bureaucracy and Ineffable Husbands are the two best ships in Good Omens!"
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bureaucrat

A person who instills obedience and conformity instead of independent thought
A bureaucrat advized me to keep working for my shitty boss even though he verbally abuses me
by Dubiks March 2, 2019
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Bureaucrat

Generally seen as lacklusters who at the same time want efficiency and who are usually associated with big things like the civil service and wads of paperwork. Though generally such types don't exist anymore, the stereotypical bureaucrat's favourite colour is brown of some variety and enjoys sucking the life out of stuff by involving lots of forms and not doing a lot themselves by delegating responsibilities yet retaining their power. Bureaucracy is thus a negative thing and to be avoided at all costs. You must remember not all bureaucrats are bad, look at Sam Lowry in Brazil. He just tried to correct someone else's mistake and so ended up...well i'd better not spoil it if you haven't seen the film but its bad. Thus disproving the point if all the good ones...having something bad happen. Just avoid bureacrats and all those kids whom aspire to be ones.
Examples of such bureaucracy containing bureaucrats for you to avoid include Banks, The Civil Service in Yes (Prime) Minister, 1984, Brazil Ministry of Information, Vogons
by TedV48 January 9, 2008
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