a certan punishment in the military where it is currently unknown but durring WWII aparently very bad w the red army but it is just something you wanna avoid at all costs (some even commit suicide)
Military commander: i carried out my orders, i sent in all of my boys...but the german engulfed us....they has artiliry, aircraft, tanks...and me, what did i have...

Krushtev: a sacred duty to resist!.......perhaps youd prefer to avoid the red tape.
*slides a torkev to him on the table*

military commander: *takes pistol* *BANG!*
by Raven M 203 June 3, 2010
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Tape to ban certain people from entering an area.
The mouth of the south hated red and yellow tape because she didn't know that she was the red and yellow tape. She thought it was just everybody else that lived by double standards, which is why she thought everything that happened in life was hilarious. She didn't get life, but thought she was the most broad minded person there ever was.
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a 90's term for quit fooling around, made popular by sailor moon.
Goldilocks: i'm pregnant.
Little red riding hood: orly? is baby bear paying child support?
Goldilocks: cut the red tape, red, this is serious shit!
by Stupidly Sophisticated February 14, 2014
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