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N. (cloaca + bureaucracy) 1. An administrative system in which the need or inclination to follow rigid, complex, and seemingly pointless procedures impedes effective action 2. Anything bureaucratic in nature that involves more than one piece of paper, office, handshake, or signature 3. A process whereby metaphorical pieces of shit in the form of paperwork are perpetually funneled through networks of inefficient and interwoven channels Can also be used as an adjective: see cloacratic
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