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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"

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

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

Stealthie 

when you're holding up your phone and making faces at it, as though you are taking a selfie, but you're really taking a picture of the person across from you or the wall or anything else that seems interesting but you don't want to be caught dead taking a picture of.

This action is often made more convincing by wiggling the eyebrows or opening the mouth, to pretend you're trying to get a Snapchat filter to work.
FRIEND A: "Did you just take a stealthie of me?"

FRIEND B (turning phone around): "no I was just using snapchat's new filter, see?"
Stealthie by gwenhyfar October 2, 2016
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