Rigmarole (noun)
rig-ma-rowl
A lengthy and complicated procedure, story or statement
Mid 18th century apparently an alteration of ragman roll, originally denoting a legal document recording a list of offences.
Example sentences
“The application process was a right rigmarole!”
“She went off on a rigmarole about all the adventures she’d had.”
Medley (noun) med-lee a mixture, especially of heterogeneous elements; hodgepodge; jumble. First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English noun and adjective medle(e), medlei(e), maedlai(e) “battle, war, quarrel; mixture, balanced mixture,” from…
