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administrivia

A repetitive word used by the legend William "Bill" Neumann before every class of MIS.
"Let's just start off with a little administrivia"
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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?
by Nick Wills-Johnson September 14, 2007
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administrivia

slang for trivial administrative task
i need to take care of some administrivia before i can have lunch.
by david baas June 24, 2003
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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
by Nards_OTC August 22, 2007
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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.
by Nick Wills-Johnson September 14, 2007
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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.
by LostFido January 11, 2018
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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.
by Ghoststorm34 February 3, 2021
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