administrivia
Etymology: Blend of administrative and trivia; 1930s US.
Noun (plural administrivia)
Administrative details that must be dealt with in order to do more interesting work.
Grammatical aspects of the usage of administrivia derive from those that apply to trivia. Formerly trivia, as a derivative of a Latin plural, required a plural verb, as in the first usage example above. Most modern authorities accept the usage in the second usage example. In the US the second usage may be preferred. Compare other Latin plurals such as data.
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/administrivia
administrivia - the tiresome but essential details that must be taken care of and tasks that must be performed in running an organization; "he sets policy and leaves all the administrivia to his assistant"
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/administrivia
administrivial tasks are described administrivial if they have to be done even though they are tiresome, or if a manager insists on their being done, even though they appear to be pointless bureaucracy
http://www.macmillandictionary.com/open-dictionary/entries/administrivial.htm
Etymology: Blend of administrative and trivia; 1930s US.
Noun (plural administrivia)
Administrative details that must be dealt with in order to do more interesting work.
Administrivia take up two hours of every day.
Administrivia takes up two hours of every day.
— Usage notesAdministrivia takes up two hours of every day.
Grammatical aspects of the usage of administrivia derive from those that apply to trivia. Formerly trivia, as a derivative of a Latin plural, required a plural verb, as in the first usage example above. Most modern authorities accept the usage in the second usage example. In the US the second usage may be preferred. Compare other Latin plurals such as data.
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/administrivia
administrivia - the tiresome but essential details that must be taken care of and tasks that must be performed in running an organization; "he sets policy and leaves all the administrivia to his assistant"
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/administrivia
administrivial tasks are described administrivial if they have to be done even though they are tiresome, or if a manager insists on their being done, even though they appear to be pointless bureaucracy
http://www.macmillandictionary.com/open-dictionary/entries/administrivial.htm
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