administrivia
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administrivia
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Blend of administrative + trivia. First use appears c. 1937 in International Journal of Ethics.
noun administrivia
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Administrative details that which take a significant amount of time to complete.
Administrivia take up two hours of every day.
Similar: administrativia, paperwork, red tape
Talk about this word "administrivia." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/administrivia. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. administrivia. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/administrivia "administrivia." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/administrivia.Cite this
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title = {administrivia},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
