paperasserie
/ˌpapəˈrasəri/noun
Excessive bureaucratic procedure or paperwork; bureaucracy; red tape.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in The Edinburgh Review. From French paperasserie from paperasse quantity of paper, especially of bureaucratic paperwork (1590 in Middle French; from papier + -asse, augmentative suffix; compare in same sense Middle French paperat, paperas, plural) + -erie.
- hang a left (or right)
- hangar
- hangarage
- hang around (or round or about)
- hang back
- hang by a thread
- Hangchow
- hangdog
- hanger
- hanger-on
- hang fire
- hang-glide
- hang-glider
- hang-gliding
- hang heavily (or heavy)
- hangi
- hang in
- hanging
- hanging basket
- hanging committee
- Hanging Gardens of Babylon
- hanging indent
- hanging valley
- hanging wall
- hang in the air