social bureaucracy

Social obligations as a result of the inherent hierarchical echelons of social relations.

She posted a comment on Facebook, pressured by the coercive forces of social bureaucracy.

by Boundless Universe March 19, 2015

Going to the Bureau

Leaving your office early, under the pretense that you're traveling to another facility ("the bureau") to continue working.....when in reality, you're leaving to go home; presumably to eat cake and admire your front butt.

Ed: Are you going with us to Starbucks today at 2:30?

Mark: No, I'm going to the bureau here in a little bit. I've got a lot of work to catch up on.

Ed: Right. (Makes Air Jerk motion)

by Barry Mahoganue July 21, 2009

Bureau

A term used by older people in Maine for a dresser

My bra is in the top drawer of the bureau.

by buckeyenation1 October 16, 2008

Boredache

When your so bored that it's painful

I had to wait at the bank for an hour yesterday, I actually had a boredache

by BeatrixK June 19, 2009

Bureaucracy

The natural expression of the the human mind’s proclivity to gravitate toward ever increasing complexity.

“Inevitably, bureaucracy seeks to complicate the very hallmark of truth itself; simplicity.”

by Sloan007 February 1, 2020

credit bureau

An organization that specializes in providing damaging information on citizens to employers, banks, credit card companies and prospective spouses. The information doesn't have to be true, or even the same person as listed with them.

He couldn't get a wife or buy a house because the credit bureau had told the banks he had bad credit and ruined his reputation.

by Marlaette May 22, 2008

bureauclast

(noun): Someone appointed to help destroy or dismantle the agency for which he or she ostensibly works.

All indications point to Scott Pruitt being a bureauclast hired specifically to dismember the Environmental Protection Agency.

by KeseyFan February 25, 2017