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The term "red tape" is sometimes employed as "an umbrella term covering almost all imagined ills of bureaucracy," both public and private. [2]: 275 However, red tape is usually defined more narrowly as government policies, guidelines, and forms that are excessive, duplicative or unnecessary, and that generate a financial or time-based compliance cost.
Barricade tape across a door in Japan. Barricade tape is brightly colored tape (often incorporating a two-tone pattern of alternating yellow-black or red-white stripes or the words "Caution" or "Danger" in prominent lettering) that is used to warn or catch the attention of passersby of an area or situation containing a possible hazard.
The handkerchief code (also known as the hanky/hankie code, the bandana/bandanna code, and flagging) [1] is a system of color-coded cloth handkerchief or bandanas for non-verbally communicating one's interests in sexual activities and fetishes.
Vulgar phrases from ‘orange turd’ to ‘human toilet’ and ‘Donald Von S***zInPantz’ will live on forever in the court record
A California judge ruled Wednesday that only one item from a list of evidence collected in the case of Scott Peterson, the man convicted 20 years ago of killing his pregnant wife, Laci, should ...
A pink-collar worker is someone who works in a position traditionally held by women. Jobs commonly referred to as "pink-collar" include nursing, education and customer service. [5] The term was coined in the late 1970s as a phrase to describe jobs that were typically held by women. [6] [7] [8]
However, her tone becomes more intense as she quickly asserts that white leggings are unacceptable, leggings that are too tight should simply be deemed panty hose and, above all, leggings should ...
Such divisions appeared in early modern scholarship, usually dividing humankind into four or five categories, with colour-based labels: red, yellow, black, white, and sometimes brown. [ 1 ] [ failed verification ] It was long recognized that the number of categories is arbitrary and subjective, and different ethnic groups were placed in ...