Official Bureaucratespeak Lexicon

For the purposes of officialdom and administrative record-keeping, it is hereby decreed that the following definitions shall apply:

Definition 1: Bureaucratis

A noun. A person who has spent more time studying the art of filling out forms than actually accomplishing anything.

Definition 2: Procrusteanize

A verb. To fill out form after form after form, until the original intent is completely lost in a sea of paperwork.

Definition 3: Taylorize

A noun. A person who has mastered the art of making a three-hour process take five hours due to excessive form-filling and red tape.

By order of the Ministry of Red Tape, all definitions are hereby official and binding upon all citizens of the Realm of Bureaucratis.

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