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Administrivia 

Mindless bureaucratic tasks imposed on workers by management in order to crush the soul and prevent one from achieving anything useful or fulfilling.
Oh God! Another diversity report for the Ethics Office. When will this administrivia end?
Administrivia by Nick Wills-Johnson September 14, 2007

administrivia 

slang for trivial administrative task
i need to take care of some administrivia before i can have lunch.
administrivia by david baas June 24, 2003

Administrivia 

Contraction of Administration and Trivia

When having to complete forms in triplicate sign with your own blood, merely to borrow a pen, so that one can complete a form of little if any significance to the pen lender. Any small insignificant task involving paper work, without which the world would surely end.
Thanks to the administrivia my 'change of address' form was sent to the wrong address.

I'll do it myself to save being harrasseled by administrivia
Administrivia by Nards_OTC August 22, 2007

administrivioid 

A person whose working life consists of nothing but administrivia (see previous); mindless, repeditive bureaucratic tasks that serve little real purpose.
I quit my job because the company turned me into an administrivioid, trapped in cubicle hell.
administrivioid by Nick Wills-Johnson September 14, 2007

administracial 

A common flub by over-excited news anchors when they really mean 'Administrative Official'. There is a connotation, however, that the administrative officials are being racist.
Trump proved tonight that he was an administracial when he described Haiti as being a sh**-hole country.
administracial by LostFido January 11, 2018

Adminsitravia

Any actions of administration that are to be taken. A fanciful way of saying items on a meeting agenda.
We have one matter of adminsitravia left to go over before we can leave.
Adminsitravia by Ghoststorm34 February 3, 2021